Patent ID: 6846016

Claim:
In combination: a leg for a landing gear assembly for a semitrailer; a mounting bracket; and a mounting surface on a semitrailer; the mounting surface of the semitrailer having a main mounting hole; the leg having a lower tube being telescopically received in an upper tube, the upper tube having a perimeter; the mounting bracket having a pair of substantially coplanar flanges and a seat; the seat being offset from the flanges by a space; the seat of the mounting flange being connected to the upper tube; and a gear assembly disposed entirely within the perimeter of the upper tube, the space between the seat and the flanges, and the main hole of the mounting surface so that the leg may be mounted in an inboard or outboard configuration; an input shaft and a floor base; the floor base being connected to the upper tube; and at least a portion of the input shaft being supported by the floor base; a nut connecting the gear assembly to the lower tube; and the nut and the lower tube being connected at a location above the connection between the input shaft and the floor base.