Patent ID: 8016257
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: B60D,B62D

Abstract:
1. A trailer support safety stand for supporting the detached trailer portion of a semi-trailer or the like, said trailer portion having a landing gear, said stand comprising: (a) a top plate for engaging the underside of the nose portion of said trailer; (b) a base pad for engaging the ground; (c) a post assembly comprising a lower post extending upwardly from said base pad and an upper post extending downwardly from said top plate, said upper post having an upper end and a lower end and defined by a hollow core configured to slidingly accept said lower post therein such that there is a telescoping arrangement between said upper and lower posts, wherein each of said upper and lower posts further comprise at least one aperture; (d) means for adjusting the height of said post assembly and said stand; (e) a locking device for fixing the height of said post assembly and said stand wherein when said upper post is telescopically adjusted relative to said lower post until said at least one upper post aperture is aligned with said at least one lower post aperture, said locking device is insertable through said aligned upper and lower post apertures to fix the vertical position of said upper post relative to said lower post; and (f) a lever for actuating and de-actuating said locking device, said lever connected at a first position at substantially the bottom end thereof to said locking device and extending upwardly therefrom and pivotally connected at a second position at a predetermined distance between the top and bottom ends thereof to said upper post such that, when a force is applied to the top end of said lever causing it to move toward said upper end of said upper post, said locking device is removed from said aligned upper and lower post apertures, and when a force is applied to said top end of said lever causing it to move away from said upper end of said upper post, said locking device is inserted through said aligned upper and lower post apertures, wherein said stand provides supplementary support for said trailer portion, separate from and in addition to, said landing gear.