Teardrop semi end dump trailer

• US 9,085,331 B1
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clifford O. Mcwilliams
• Original Assignee: Clifford O. Mcwilliams
• Inventors: McWilliams, Clifford O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blankenship, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US14/471,467
• Time in Patent Office: 327 Days
• Field of Search: 296/180.1, 296/180.4, 296/181.4, 296/181.5, 296/183.1, 296/183.2, D12/101, D12/102, D12/105
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/286 Loading buckets
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 35/001 For commercial vehicles or tractor-trailer combinations, e.g. caravans

Abstract

A trailer for a dumping vehicle, the trailer comprising: a front end, where the front end is curved; a rear end, where the rear end is narrower than the front end; a bottom floor extending between the front end and the rear end; and a pair of opposed sidewalls extending between the front end and the rear end. The sidewalls may be taller at the front end than at the rear end, may arch uniformly from the front end to the rear end, and may arch uniformly from the top to the bottom. The trailer may further comprise a top rail with an oval cross section.

Claims

1. A trailer for a dumping vehicle, the trailer comprising:

a front end, where the front end is curved and semicylindrical;

a rear end, where the rear end is narrower than the front end;

a bottom floor extending between the front end and the rear end; and

a pair of opposed sidewalls extending between the front end and the rear end, where the sidewalls are taller at the front end than at the rear end.

2. The trailer of claim 1 where the bottom floor has a center section and two side sections and where the center section is flat.

3. The trailer of claim 2 where the two side sections curve upward from the center section to the pair of opposed sidewalls.

4. The trailer of claim 3 where the two side sections are connected to the pair of opposed sidewalls.

5. A trailer for a dumping vehicle, the trailer comprising:

a front end, where the front end is curved;

a rear end, where the rear end is narrower than the front end;

a bottom floor extending between the front end and the rear end; and

a pair of opposed sidewalls extending between the front end and the rear end, where the sidewalk are taller at the front end than at the rear end and where the sidewalls slope inward from the front end to the rear end at a constant rate.

6. A trailer for a dumping vehicle, the trailer comprising:

a front end, where the front end is curved;

a rear end, where the rear end is narrower than the front end;

a bottom floor extending between the front end and the rear end; and

a pair of opposed sidewalls extending between the front end and the rear end, where the sidewalls are taller at the front end than at the rear end and where the sidewalls arch uniformly from the front end to the rear end.

7. A trailer for a dumping vehicle the trailer comprising:

a front end, where the front end is curved;

a rear end, where the rear end is narrower than the front end;

a bottom floor extending between the front end and the rear end; and

a pair of opposed sidewalls extending between the front end and the rear end, where the sidewalls are taller at the front end than at the rear end and where the sidewalls have a top and a bottom, where the sidewalls arch uniformly from the top to the bottom.

8. A trailer for a dumping vehicle, the trailer comprising:

a front end, where the front end is curved;

a rear end, where the rear end is narrower than the front end;

a bottom floor extending between the front end and the rear end;

a pair of opposed sidewalls extending between the front end and the rear end, where the sidewalls are taller at the front end than at the rear end; and

a top rail atop the sidewalls and front end, where the top rail has an oval cross section.

9. A trailer for a dumping vehicle, the trailer comprising:

a front end, where the front end is curved;

a rear end, where the rear end is narrower than the front end;

a bottom floor extending between the front end and the rear end;

a pair of opposed sidewalls extending between the front end and the rear end, where the sidewalls;

are taller at the front end than at the rear end;

arch uniformly from the front end to the rear end; and

have a top and a bottom and arch uniformly from the top to the bottom; and

a top rail atop the sidewalls and front end, where the top rail has an oval cross section.