Patent ID: 8496259

Claim:
A frame for a heavy-duty vehicle trailer comprising: a) a pair of spaced-apart, parallel, elongated and longitudinally extending main members, each one of said pair of main members including a pair of spaced apart parallel vertical longitudinally extending walls; b) at least one cross member extending between and being attached to said main members, said cross member including a pair of spaced apart parallel transversely-extending front and rear vertical walls; and c) a first pair of hangers, each one of said hangers including a pair of spaced-apart parallel vertical walls, said hanger vertical walls each generally being aligned with and attached to a respective one of said main member vertical walls, each one of said hangers including a hanger support, said hanger support including a pair of spaced apart front and rear vertical webs formed with a diagonally extending side member, said hanger support attached to an inboard hanger vertical wall and to said cross member, so that said hanger support vertical webs each generally align with a respective one of said cross member vertical walls.