Patent ID: 6626475
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A side entry bar apparatus for mounting on a bottom of a trailer, comprising:a first set of a plurality of first vertically oriented support bars, each of which has a top end and a bottom end, a first longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar connected to said respective bottom ends of said first vertically oriented support bars, a second set of a plurality of second vertically oriented support bars, each of which has a top end and a bottom end, a second longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar connected to said respective bottom ends of said second vertically oriented support bars, a plurality of transversely and horizontally oriented support bars connected between said first longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar and said second longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar, and a plurality of trailer attachment plates connected to said respective top ends of said first vertically oriented support bars and said second vertically oriented support bars, said apparatus further including: a first set of a plurality of first obliquely oriented support bars, each of which has a top end and a bottom end, wherein bottom ends of said first obliquely oriented support bars are connected to opposite ends of said first longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar, a second set of a plurality of second obliquely oriented support bars, each of which has a top end and a bottom end, wherein bottom end of said second obliquely oriented support bars are connected to opposite ends of said second longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar, and a plurality of additional trailer attachment plates connected to said respective top ends of said first obliquely oriented support bars and said second obliquely oriented support bars, and wherein said plurality of transversely and horizontally oriented support bars connected between said first longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar and said second longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar are longitudinally spaced from each other and intermedially spaced from the opposite ends of said first longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar and said second longitudinally and horizontally oriented support bar.