Patent ID: 7234762
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A trailer having a hinged trailer cover and a trailer edge rail system, said trailer comprising comprising: a trailer configured for being towed behind a vehicle, said trailer including at least a trailer frame and a generally planar frame deck having first and second side edge regions, a front edge region and a rear edge region; a trailer cover, sized to cover generally said entire generally planar trailer frame deck, said trailer cover hingedly coupled to said front edge region of said generally planar trailer frame deck and a configured to move between an open and a closed position; each said first and second side edge regions of said generally planar trailer frame deck including a trailer edge rail system, said trailer edge rail system including: an end region defining an outwardly most region of each of said first and second trailer frame deck edge regions; and at least one protrusion displaced inwardly from said outwardly most region of each of said first and second trailer frame deck edge regions, and extending generally upwardly transverse to said generally planar trailer frame deck and defining between said at least one protrusion and said outwardly most region of each of said first and second trailer frame deck edge regions a trailer cover closure region, said trailer cover closure region configured for receiving side portions of said trailer cover when said trailer cover is in a closed position.