Patent ID: 11865962
Assignee: FONTAINE COMMERCIAL TRAILER, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A flatbed, step-deck, double-drop deck, or lowboy trailer assembly comprising:
a plurality of metal crossmembers extending in a transverse direction of the trailer assembly;
a metal deck supported by the plurality of crossmembers, the metal deck having an upper deck surface and a lower deck surface; and
a pair of parallel wooden boards extending in a longitudinal direction of the trailer assembly proximate respective laterally opposite sides of the trailer assembly;
wherein each wooden board in the pair of wooden boards is located in a respective recessed portion of the metal deck;
wherein the lower deck surface is situated between and separates a lower surface of each wooden board from the plurality of metal crossmembers;
wherein the lower deck surface is welded to the plurality of metal crossmembers;
wherein the metal deck comprises a plurality of metal floor sections extending in the longitudinal direction of the trailer assembly, the plurality of metal floor sections being welded to one another in the longitudinal direction of the trailer assembly;
wherein the recessed portions are formed in a pair of the metal floor sections; and
wherein each recessed portion comprises a flange protruding along a laterally outward facing side of a respective metal floor section in the pair of metal floor sections.