Patent ID: 6056168
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B60P,Y10T

Abstract:
A fuel tank for a trailer for expediting the fueling process of trailer-able vehicles comprising, in combination:a trailer comprised of a frame portion and a pair of rear wheels, the frame portion including a rectangular back portion and a triangular front portion, the front portion having a hitch extending forwardly therefrom for mating with a hitch on a rear of a towing vehicle;a tank adapted for securement to an underside of the triangular front portion of the trailer, the tank having a generally trapezoidal configuration with a top face and a bottom face, the top face having recesses formed therein for receiving cross members of the triangular front portion therein, the top face having a filling port in communication with an interior of the tank;a dispensing nozzle being in communication with a fuel pump disposed within the interior of the tank, the dispensing nozzle being received within a storage housing secured to a side of the trailer, the storage housing having an open front face for receiving the nozzle, the open front face having a lid hingedly coupled therewith, the lid having a tab extending outwardly from a leading edge thereof with a corresponding tab on a leading edge of the storage housing for receiving a padlock through aligned apertures thereof when the lid is closed against the open front face of the storage housing;a deflector shield secured to the underside of the triangular front portion of the trailer forwardly of the tank, the shield being dimensioned for covering a forward portion of the tank.