Patent ID: 9718502
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B62D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A frameless trailer comprising: a trailer body defining an interior cargo chamber and having a front end spaced from a rear end defining a longitudinal direction therebetween and having a bottom; a set of rear ground-engaging wheels rotatably mounted under the bottom of the trailer body; an articulating arm connected to the trailer body at a pivot point and extending longitudinally below the bottom of trailer, wherein the pivot point is located between the front and rear ends and forward from the set of rear ground-engaging wheels; a forward portion of the articulating arm is adapted to releasably connect to a truck for towing the trailer and wherein the trailer body is adapted to pivot upwardly about the pivot point to dump cargo contents from the interior cargo chamber; and a first air fairing mounted to the articulating arm forwardly from the pivot point and terminating inwardly from an external side of the frameless trailer adapted to reduce drag as the truck tows the frameless trailer forward.