Patent ID: 6249948
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B60D,B62D,Y02W,Y10T

Abstract:
A trailer construction method comprising the steps of:a) providing a front wheel drive, uni-body van having two center chassis channel structures each having a channel passageway formed therein and a front door frame;b) cutting said front wheel drive uni-body van just behind said front door frame to create a back trailer portion having a forward back trailer portion opening and two front channel openings into said two center chassis channel structures;c) providing a trailer conversion kit including a trailer frame member with a trailer ball receiving assembly attached to a forward frame member and two spaced parallel oriented channel insertion members oriented in parallel with said forward frame member and a trailer closure panel having a bottom center indentation for receiving therein said two spaced parallel oriented channel insertion members,d) providing securing means for securing said trailer frame member to said back trailer portion;e) inserting said two spaced parallel oriented channel insertion members of said trailer frame member into said two channel passageways of said two center chassis channel structures;f) securing each of said two spaced parallel oriented channel insertion members of said trailer frame member to a respective one of said two center chassis channel structures using said securing means; andg) securing said trailer closure panel to said back trailer portion such that said forward back trailer portion opening is sealed and said two spaced parallel oriented channel insertion members of said trailer frame member positioned within said bottom center indentation of said trailer closure panel.