Patents Assigned to Auto Steering Trailers Limited
  • Patent number: 4162082
    Abstract: The invention provides a self-steering dolly that is rigidly releasably connected to the rear of a forward vehicle, such as a tractor-trailer combination, and supports the front end of a towed rearward vehicle, such as a second or "pup" trailer so that the vehicles are in tandem. The wheels of the dolly are mounted on respective king pins; are connected by a linkage and are urged to the neutral or straight-ahead position by a centering device. The means for releasably connecting the dolly and the forward vehicle comprise two transversely extending headed pins on the dolly of the kind employed with a fifth wheel connection engageable in respective releasable spring latches on the frame of the forward vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1979
    Assignee: Auto Steering Trailers Limited
    Inventor: Norman R. Curry