Patent ID: 11891139
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A trailer comprising:
a trailer bed frame having left and right sides each having front and rear ends;
left and right tension member supports connected to and extending upward from the left and right sides respectively of the trailer bed frame medially between the respective front and rear ends of the left and right sides;
a left, front tension member supported at an inner end on the left tension member support in spaced relation above the trailer bed frame and connected at a forward end to a left side of the trailer bed frame forward of the left tension member support;
a left, rear tension member supported at an inner end on the left tension member support in spaced relation above the trailer bed frame and connected at a rearward end to a left side of the trailer bed frame rearward of the left tension member support;
a right, front tension member supported at an inner end on the right tension member support in spaced relation above the trailer bed frame and connected at a forward end to a right side of the trailer bed frame forward of the right tension member support; and
a right, rear tension member supported at an inner end on the right tension member support in spaced relation above the trailer bed frame and connected at a rearward end to a right side of the trailer bed frame rearward of the right tension member support;
wherein said trailer bed frame is formed from front and rear inner frame sections and front and rear outer frame sections, the front and rear inner frame sections are hingedly connected together by at least one hinge connected across laterally extending, adjacent inner edges of said front and rear inner frame sections and secured to upper surfaces of the front and rear inner frame sections such that upper surfaces of the front and rear inner frame sections are selectively pivotable toward each other; said front outer frame section is hingedly connected to the front inner frame section by at least one hinge connected across laterally extending, adjacent edges of the front outer frame section and the front inner frame section such that lower surfaces of the front outer frame section and the front inner frame section are pivotable toward each other; and said rear outer frame section is hingedly connected to the rear inner frame section by at least one hinge connected across laterally extending, adjacent edges of the rear outer frame section and the rear inner frame section such that lower surfaces of the rear outer frame section and the rear inner frame section are pivotable toward each other.