Semitrailer Accommodation Patents (Class 410/56)
Fore-and-aft accommodation (Class 410/57)
Collapsible and erectable stand (Class 410/58)
Accommodation means conforms to wheel sidewall during guidance or rest condition, e.g., rub rail or wheel well (Class 410/65)
  • Methods for loading an air transportable trailer aboard an aircraft and for unloading it therefrom
    Patent number: 4265588
    Abstract: Mobile, air transportable, trailers or vans which have retractable landing gear at one end thereof, a jacking/skid plate at the opposite end, and retractable running gear. The disclosed trailers can be loaded on and unloaded from aircraft without removing the underbody of the trailer and without ground handling equipment by as few as two persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: International Harvester Company
    Inventors: J. Bryan Oshel, Robert J. Bennett