Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1986-03-21
1987-08-11
Paperner, Leslie J.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
105422, B62D 3304
Patent
active
046857206
ABSTRACT:
A semitrailer (20) with improvements providing for increased use of available floor space is disclosed. The trailer (20) includes two sidewalls (22), a front end wall (24), a top wall (26) interconnecting said sidewalls (22) and front end wall (24) to enclose the semitrailer (20), and a back end (30) including hinged doors (32) providing for access to the inside of the semitrailer (20). A floor (28) interconnecting the sidewalls (22), is arched upward between the sidewalls (22) to provide a raised floor surface near a mid-portion of the floor (28) generally along the longitudinal extent thereof. Furthermore, the trailer includes a support structure (34) for supporting the floor (28) and the sidewalls (22, 24, 30), and the top wall (26). The arched floor (28) causes articles or pallets (48) loaded onto the trailer to tip outwardly toward the sidewalls (22) of the trailer (20) such that the top of the pallets ( 48) are spaced further apart. The present invention further relates to a method for loading the trailer (20) wherein two rows (100, 102) of the pallets (48) are formed in the trailer (20) along the longitudinal extent thereof. The rows (100, 102) extend substantially across the entire width of the trailer (20) such that maximum floor space is utilized.
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Oren David D.
Oren Donald G.
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