Extension for trailer

• US 6,170,856 B1
• Filed: 04/29/1999
• Issued: 01/09/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Arthur C. Pena
• Original Assignee: Arthur C. Pena
• Inventors: Pena, Arthur C.
• Primary Examiner(s): BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M
• Application Number:
  US09/301,754
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 280/656, 280/504, 280/407, 280/495, 280/491.1, 280/789, 414/480, 414/460, 414/462, 414/481, 224/518, 224/521, 224/526, 224/498, 224/497, 296/37.1, 296/37.6, D12/101, D12/106
• US Class Current: 280/656
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 53/00 Tractor-trailer combinations; Road trains traction couplings other than fifth wheel coupling B60D ; tracked vehicles comprising at least two articulated parts B62D55/0655
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 63/062 Trailers with one axle or two wheels semi-trailers B62D53/06

Abstract

An extension for trailer for increasing the cargo-carrying capacity of a trailer. The extension for trailer includes a generally A-shaped frame with a pair of straight arm members oriented in a generally V-shaped configuration and a cross member extending between the arm members. Inner ends of the arm members is coupled to a bottom of a trailer. Outer ends of the arm members come together at a coupler. The coupler is adapted for mounting on a ball hitch of a towing vehicle.

Claims

1. An extension device for mounting to a trailer having a pair of wheels and a hitch, said device comprising:

a generally A-shaped frame having a pair of arm members oriented in a generally V-shaped configuration and a cross member extending between said arm members, inner ends of said arm members being adapted for coupling to a trailer, outer ends of said arm members coming together at a coupler, said coupler being adapted for mounting on a hitch of a towing vehicle;

said cross member adapted for being coupled to a hitch of the trailer;

said coupler having a support jack coupled thereto, said support jack being for supporting said coupler above a ground surface;

a platform coupled to a top of said frame for being positioned between said coupler and the trailer;

said platform having a pair of forward and rearward walls upwardly extending from front and rear edges thereof;

wherein each of said forward and rearward walls of said platform has a horizontal opening therein for reducing wind resistance against said wall;

a pair of side walls extending between outer ends of said forward and rearward walls;

said side walls being detachable from said forward and rearward walls;

each of said side walls having a notch therein adapted for engaging a lateral lip of said platform such that said side walls form a pair of ramps;

a floor of said platform comprising a grating resting on a plurality of support members;

a second platform extending between said arm members of said frame and being positioned between said coupler and said platform;

said second platform having a pair of forward and rearward walls upwardly extending from front and rear edges thereof; and

a floor of said second platform comprising a grating.