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Truck or trailer axle overload indicator

  • US 3,891,964 A
  • Filed: 07/15/1974
  • Issued: 06/24/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improvement in axle overload indicators for motor trucks and trailers, said improvement consisting of an adjustable height horizontal beam with ends bent at substantially right angles, attached by nuts and bolts at each end through one of a plurality of pairs of holes in each member, to a pair of frame brackets, each of said frame brackets attached by nuts and bolts to a truck or trailer frame clamp plate, an indicator support bar rigidly attached to and extending frontwardly or rearwardly from the center of said horizontal beam, an indicator holder and adjustment bolt passing through and affixed to one of a plurality of holes in said indicator support bar, a flexible pendent indicator attached to and suspended from said indicator holder and adjustment bolt, the lower end of said pendent indicator being positioned directly over and in close proximity to the center of the truck or trailer axle or differential housing.

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