Patent ID: 7150487
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: B60P,B62D

Abstract:
1. A trailer apparatus comprising: a frame having a front, a rear, a first side and a second side; a tongue operatively attached to the frame for operatively attaching the tongue to a prime mover and extending forwardly; at least two wheels operatively attached to the frame for allowing the frame to be towed from place to place; a first substantially planar surface disposed in a first plane, the substantially planar surface being operatively attached to the frame between the wheels and extending rearwardly of the wheels, the first substantially planar surface having a front, a rear, a first side and a second side; a second substantially planar surface operatively attached to the frame, the second substantially planar surface having a front, a rear, a first side and a second side, the second substantially planar surface being positioned in a second plane disposed at an angle with respect to the first plane, said second substantially planar surface being disposed rearwardly of the first substantially planar surface and being in juxtaposition with the rear of the first substantially planar surface, the front of the second substantially planar surface being higher than the rear of the second substantially planar surface; a wedge-shaped trailer tailgate operatively pivotally attached at one end thereof to the frame adjacent the rear of the second substantially planar surface, the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate having a thick end, disposed to a front of the trailer when the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate is in a loading position, the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate having a first planar surface on one side thereof and a second planar surface on the other side thereof; a hinge operatively attached to the frame and to the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate, an axis of rotation of the hinge being disposed closer to the first planar surface on one side thereof than the second planar surface on the other side thereof of wedge-shaped trailer tailgate; when the wedge-shaped trailer tail gate is in the loading position, the other end of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate is disposed downwardly towards a same surface on which the wheels are resting and the first planar surface of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate is disposed in a plane substantially the same as the second substantially planar surface of the trailer and a transport position wherein the second planar surface of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate is substantially aligned with the first substantially planar surface of the trailer when the tailgate is in the transport position for creating a substantially continuous planar surface between the first substantially planar surface of the trailer and the second planar surface of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate, and wherein the first planar surface of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate lies in a different plane than the second planar surface of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate; and at least one bumper operatively attached to the second planar surface of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate at a position closer to the one end thereof with the hinge thereon than to the other end of the a wedge-shaped trailer tailgate, the at least one bumper extending downwardly in the transport position of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate and being disposed above the other end of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate when there is no substantial load on the trailer for substantially preventing the second side of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate from contacting the same surface on which the wheels are resting, thereby substantially preventing any marring of the second side of the wedge-shaped trailer tailgate.