Patent ID: 6705137
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock device for use with a truck semitrailer, the semitrailer having a dolly wheel system alternately configurable between a trailer support configuration and a trailer travel configuration;the dolly wheel system including a drive shaft for operating said system and a crank having a crankshaft for turning the drive shaft; the crankshaft being pivotally connected to the drive shaft to permit the crankshaft and an associated crank to be moved between a crank-stowed position and a crank-operating position; the lock device comprising a rigid, one-piece hollow box, having two opposed, generally parallel sides, each side defining a side corner cutout, the corner cutout being shaped to receive a lock body and a portion of a lock shackle when the lock is locked to said box adapted to fit over and enclose portions of both the crankshaft and the drive shaft so as to prohibit movement of the crank into a crank operating position; and a lock having a shackle engageable with two opposed sides of the box for locking the box over portions of the drive shaft and the crankshaft.