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

Claim 17:
18. A bogie for a lowboy trailer, the bogie comprising:
a pair of longitudinally extending main beams, each main beam having an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web connecting the upper and lower flanges; and
a plurality of transversely extending cross-members comprising a foremost cross-member and a rearmost cross-member, each of the cross-members having an I-shaped cross section with an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web connecting the upper and lower flanges;
wherein each of the cross-members is trough-shaped and the web of at least one of the cross-members intersects with each of the main beams such that at least a portion of the web of at least one of the cross-members is located below the lower flange of each of the main beams; and
wherein an upper surface of the upper flange of the rearmost cross-member is located above an upper surface of the upper flange of the foremost cross-member.