Patent ID: 11933101
Assignee: JET CO. INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A commodity trailer comprising:
a commodity trailer comprising an interior volume, at least one hopper on the bottom of the commodity trailer, and a commodity trailer side wall wherein the commodity trailer side wall comprises at least one material thickness and has an inside surface and an outside surface;
a transparent commodity trailer interior viewing window assembly positioned above the at least one hopper and within the commodity trailer side wall such that the transparent commodity trailer viewing window extends from the inside surface to the outside surface of the commodity trailer side wall, the transparent commodity viewing window assembly comprising:
a stem having a stem length that is larger than its stem width that is a solid unitary component and wherein the stem has a main stem portion having at least one main stem portion side wall and a stem end portion at a first end of the stem with a groove therebetween that is recessed within the stem and is proximate the first end and wherein the stem further comprises a circumferential protruding portion at an opposite end of the stem opposite from the first end of the stem wherein the circumferential protruding portion protrudes beyond the at least one main stem portion side wall circumferentially about the at least one main stem portion side wall and wherein the circumferential protruding portion has a holding flange with a commodity trailer wall engaging surface that faces toward the first end of the stem;
wherein the commodity trailer wall engaging surface of the holding flange engages the outside surface and has a holding flange length that is longer than a length of the main stem portion and a holding flange width that is wider than a width of the main stem portion;
wherein the groove has commodity trailer wall engaging surface a recessed length that is shorter than the length of the main stem portion and a recessed width that is narrower than the width of the main stem portion;

a compressible seal disposed between the holding flange and the outside surface of the commodity trailer side wall;
at least one U-shaped bracket having a bracket inner length and a bracket inner width, and having a bracket outer length and a bracket outer width, the bracket inner width being smaller than a width of the main stem portion and larger than a width of the groove of the stem and the bracket inner length being smaller than the length of the main stem portion and larger than the length of the groove of the stem and wherein the at least one bracket is partially spaced within the groove; and
wherein the at least one U-shaped bracket is fixed to the commodity trailer side wall.