Patent ID: 8632099
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A handrail assembly for a tank trailer, where a tank of the tank trailer has a top wall extending longitudinally between a front end and a rear end of the trailer, and at least one fill port is disposed on the top wall; said handrail assembly comprising: a top rail; at least one vertical member having a first end and a second end; at least one first yoke assembly; each of which pivotally secures the first end of one the vertical members to the top rail; at least one fluid cylinder having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the cylinder is pivotally engaged with the vertical member and the second end of the cylinder is adapted to pivotally engage the tank, and wherein said cylinder is operable to move the handrail assembly between a collapsed position and an expanded position, and when the handrail assembly is in the collapsed position the top rail is adapted to be disposed proximate the top wall of the tank, and when in the expanded position the top rail is adapted to be disposed a spaced distance vertically from the top wall of the tank.