Patent ID: 9656588
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60P,B62D

Claim:
1. A tail trailer supported for movement on a ground surface, the tail trailer comprising: a main deck mounted on a wheeled main frame and provided with a forward end and a rearward end; a main tail having a rearward end and a forward end pivotally connected to the rearward end of the main deck; a flip tail having a rearward end configured to engage the ground surface and a forward end pivotally secured to the rearward end of the main tail, the flip tail being movable between a folded position beneath the main tail and an unfolded position extending outwardly from the rearward end of the main tail; a lifting and holding assembly connected between the main frame and the main tail for pivotally moving and maintaining the main tail and the flip tail in a desired position relative to the main deck; and a combined locking and supporting arrangement mounted beneath the main tail and configured to provide ground engaging support for the main tail when the rearward end of the flip tail engages the ground surface, and to provide locking engagement with the rearward end of the flip tail when the flip tail is in the folded position beneath the main tail; wherein the combined locking and supporting arrangement includes at least one support leg pivotally mounted beneath the main tail, the at least one support leg being configured both to engage the ground surface when the rearward end of the flip tail engages the ground surface and to engage the rearward end of the flip tail when the flip tail is in the folded position beneath the main tail.