Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1998-09-08
2000-08-29
Hurley, Kevin
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
2804761, B60D 114
Patent
active
061096407
ABSTRACT:
An adapter for converting a tag-along or standard trailer to a gooseneck trailer. The adapter has a main elevated horizontal frame with three principal structures depending therefrom comprising: (1) a forward gooseneck of adjustable vertical length for connection to a gooseneck towing point on a tow vehicle; (2) an intermediate vertical-tension-resisting rectangular frame carrying a hitch ball to be received in a ball-hitch coupler of the standard trailer, and small light-weight retractable or removable wheels with pneumatic tires providing manual mobility of the adapter by a single person, with its weight balanced over the wheels, between the standard trailer and a parked adapter position when the adapter is disconnected from the trailer; and (3) a rear vertical-compression-resisting rectangular frame having a vertically adjustable horizontal beam member which spans, rests atop, and is secured to, upper surfaces of trailer tongue members extending rearwardly divergently from the trailer ball-hitch coupler. The intermediate and rear frames in combination with the elevated main horizontal frame define a cage structure which may be suitably enclosed as an additional storage space.
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Allen Donald
Lien Donald G.
Freudenberg Maxwell C.
Fruedenberg Kenton L.
Hurley Kevin
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