Patent ID: 6068282
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A tilt-bed trailer having a frame, an elongated tongue member having ridges along at least a portion of its length and rotatably coupled at one end to said frame, and an improved tongue retention and release mechanism comprising:a channel member mounted to said frame and arranged to cooperate with a portion of said elongated tongue;a gripper mechanism slidably engaging said channel member and cooperating with said ridges on said elongated tongue member; anda selectively actuatable pressure device coupled to said gripper mechanism and having a first position capable of applying pressure to said elongated tongue member and to said channel member to hold said elongated tongue member and said channel member in a fixed relationship and having a second position to release said elongated tongue member to allow said elongated tongue member to move relative to said channel member.