Patent ID: 8505974
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B60P,B62D

Abstract:
1. A fifth wheel towable by a pickup truck including a short bed, the fifth wheel including: a deck defined by a compartment disposed above a main floor of the fifth wheel, the compartment having a forward wall and a side wall; a chassis supporting the deck, the chassis including a forward beam and a recess formed at a forward corner of the deck rearward of the forward beam, the forward beam being disposed in substantially the same vertical plane as a forwardmost edge of the chassis; and a hitch connected directly to the forward beam, the hitch being configured to couple to a mating hitch mounted in the short bed of the pickup truck; wherein the compartment includes a panel disposed between the forward wall and the side wall, and received by the recess to improve the turning radius of the fifth wheel relative to a turning radius of a fifth wheel having a chassis that forms a right angle vertex at the forward corner.