Patent ID: 8960703
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
1. A trailer safety assembly comprising: an actuator coupled to a trailer such that said actuator is positioned in a static position relative to and proximate a king pin on the trailer; and a pin operationally coupled to said actuator wherein said pin is selectively extendable from said trailer to engage a fifth wheel on a vehicle when the trailer begins to jack-knife wherein an undesired motion of the trailer is restricted, said pin being positionable in an extended position when said actuator is actuated wherein said pin is extended downwardly away from said trailer past a bottom of said actuator to position said pin within a tapered slot of a king pin space of said fifth wheel on said vehicle such that said pin is restricted by opposite edges defining said tapered slot of said king pin space of said fifth wheel and pivoting of said trailer about said king pin relative to said fifth wheel is inhibited, said pin being positionable in a retracted position when said actuator is de-actuated wherein said pin retracts upwardly into said actuator wherein a bottom of said pin is positioned proximate a bottom side of said actuator clear of said fifth wheel.