Patent ID: 8371601
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. In a fifth wheel assembly configured for selective adjustment in longitudinal position relative to a truck body on which the fifth wheel assembly is mounted, the assembly having a pedestal slidably engaging slide rails disposed in parallel to said longitudinal axis of said truck body, a selective adjustment apparatus carried within the pedestal, the selective adjustment apparatus comprising: an elongated cam member supported by a spindle extending upward from said pedestal, said cam member having first and second ends; first and second linkage bars each having an end pivotally coupled to said first and second cam member ends and each said linkage bar having laterally extending ends that are each coupled to first and second wedges, respectively, said wedges operable for selectively engaging said slide rails to maintain a longitudinal position of said pedestal with respect to said slide rails; and at least one stop extending upward from said pedestal and having a height such that it extends above an arc defined by the rotation of said cam.