Patent ID: 9555831
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B60D,B60P,B62D

Claim:
1. A tractor-trailer for hauling a load, the tractor trailer comprising: a rear wheel assembly having a telescoping reach; and a towing tractor including a chassis having a fifth wheel to receive a coupling pin of a trailer assembly carrying the load and having a rail system positioned below the fifth wheel, the towing tractor further including a deployable stinger to selectively attach to the telescoping reach of the rear wheel assembly to provide stinger-steering, the deployable stinger being slidably coupled to the rail system below the fifth wheel to move between a stowed configuration in which at least a majority of the deployable stinger is stowed within the chassis and a deployed configuration in which the deployable stinger extends from a rear end of the chassis to attach to the telescoping reach.