Patent ID: 8075033
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. An improved livestock trailers, said livestock trailer utilized for transporting of livestock or other animals by a semi-tractor or truck and defining a deck floor, sides, a front end, a rear end and a roof, said improved livestock trailer further comprising: a first loading area within said rear end of said livestock trailer having a loading floor level with or near level with said deck floor of said livestock trailer and positioned at a height near that of a conventional fixed loading dock at a stockyard or corral, for unloading livestock at loading dock level; a second loading area laterally adjacent to said first loading area at said rear end of said livestock trailer, said second loading area having a recessed floor positioned to load or unload livestock or animals directly to or from the ground behind said livestock trailer; and a collapsible ramp within said recessed floor of said second loading area, said ramp defining a lifting means, extended from a collapsed position to an extended position, wherein said extended position is utilized during livestock loading and unloading operations providing a rigid transitional platform between said deck floor of said trailer and said recessed floor of said second loading area, and wherein said collapsed position of said ramp utilized during transport providing said second loading area as an additional livestock pen or an equipment and feed storage area.