Patent ID: 7243747

Claim:
A trailer having a chassis and at least two wheel axles provided with wheels as well as a manoeuvring device fitted close to a wheel for manoeuvring said trailer when the latter is in an uncoupled state, which manoeuvring device comprises a pivoting frame that pivots with respect to the chassis and is provided at one end with a roller connected to the pivoting frame by a pivot, an electric motor driving said roller and an actuator that moves said pivoting frame with respect to said chassis, said pivoting frame being so constructed and so fitted with respect to said wheel axle or said wheel that when said actuator is operated said roller engages on a ground surface in a vicinity of said wheel and lifts the trailer, relieving a load on said wheel without said roller making contact with said wheel and wherein the roller, in an active position, is located between the wheels of the two axles that are located one behind another.