Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Door or window with specified vehicle feature
Patent
1985-07-29
1987-05-26
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Door or window with specified vehicle feature
296181, 105378, 49219, B60T 506, B61D 1708, C05D 1510
Patent
active
046680080
ABSTRACT:
A trailer having a plurality of sliding side doors as well as conventional rear doors permits side access to the trailer interior, enhancing cargo loading and unloading speed and flexibility. At least one side of the trailer includes full length upper and lower tracks, each upper and lower track slidably receiving a set of trolleys which support and guide an individual door. The trolleys are coupled to the doors by pivoting arms which move between two positions. In the first, closed position, the door is in substantial vertical alignment with the tracks and may be latched to the trailer proper such that it functions as a portion of the sidewall; in the second, open position, the door is spaced laterally from the tracks and the other doors such that it may be slid along the full length of the trailer. The trailer also includes special hardware for facilitating securing the doors to the trailer body, slidably opening them, flexibly sealing adjacent doors and removing door weight from the trolleys and tracks when they are closed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1607971 (1926-11-01), Turnbull et al.
patent: 1665384 (1928-04-01), Viers et al.
patent: 1938926 (1933-12-01), Newman
patent: 4048755 (1977-09-01), Wolak et al.
Kelsey-Hayes Company
Kuhn David L.
Murray David D.
Pedder Dennis H.
Reeves Robert B.
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