Patent ID: 11873026
Assignee: FONTAINE COMMERCIAL TRAILER, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A bogie for a lowboy trailer, the bogie comprising:
a pair of longitudinally extending main beams, each main beam having a lower front end, a higher rear portion, and a sloped intermediate portion connecting the front end to the rear portion; and
a plurality of transversely extending cross-members connected between the main beams and longitudinally spaced from one another;
wherein each of the cross-members is trough-shaped and has a pair of transversely spaced side sections and a midsection between the side sections, the side sections sloping downwardly toward the midsection such that a top surface of the midsection is lower than respective top surfaces of the main beams; and
wherein each side section of at least one cross-member intersects with a respective one of the main beams, such that at least part of the downwardly sloping portion of each side section is located directly below the respective main beam.