Patent ID: 7802817
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A building truss transport trailer device adapted for transporting vertically oriented, upright or inverted building trusses, the truss transport trailer device comprising: a horizontal bed frame section having top and bottom sides and a longitudinal axis, the bed frame section supported on a set of wheels attached to the bottom side thereof, the bed frame section including a slot perpendicular to the longitudinal axis adapted for receiving a point of a building truss, the bed frame section having a diamond shape with a tongue member extending from a pointed end of the bed frame section on the longitudinal axis thereof, the tongue member having a terminal hitch member adapted for attachment to a towing vehicle; a vertical support frame section extending from the top side of the bed frame section and positioned along the longitudinal axis thereof, the vertical support frame section including a plurality of vertical support members with bracing members there between, including a vertical support member extending from each pointed end of the diamond-shaped bed frame section and a vertical support member extending from a center point of the bed frame section; and a fastening system adapted for fastening a plurality of vertically oriented, upright or inverted building trusses, positioned on the bed frame section and against the vertical support frame section, to the trailer device for transport thereof.