Patents Assigned to Agri-Industries of South Dakota
  • Patent number: 4021074
    Abstract: A vehicle trailer of the fifth wheel type particularly adapted for attachment to a light towing vehicle such as a pickup truck. The trailer body includes front, rear, and sidewalls and a floor which slopes downwardly to the rear of said trailer body at a substantial angle. The trailer includes a chassis supporting the trailer body, and the chassis includes chassis rails disposed beneath and parallel to the trailer floor. These chassis rails include an upper, forward portion and a lower, rearward portion and a wheel mounting sub-frame disposed beneath the lower, rearward portion of said chassis rails. The attachment arrangement includes a tongue having a rear portion thereof attached to and extending forwardly from the upper, forward portion of said chassis rails, and a tube or the like extending downwardly from a forward portion of the tongue for engaging a fifth wheel or ball on the bed of the towing vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1977
    Assignee: Agri-Industries of South Dakota
    Inventor: Jerome Jacob Heiser