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Trailer anti-jackknifing apparatus

CA 1087217 A · Owner: Dirks, Arthur A. · Inventors: Dirks, Arthur A.; Meyers, William G.

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Anti-jackknifing apparatus for combination with conventional tractor-drawn trailers wherein the tractor includes a forward operator's cab and a rearward fifth wheel assembly having a skidplate. The skid-plate conventionally includes a pair of longitudinally rearwardly extending guide-lugs having outward-sides and also inward-sides horizontally angularly converging toward an upright kingpin or other pivotal association with the trailer. The anti-jackknifing apparatus comprises a generally horizontal longitudinally extending ram terminating as a forward head-end which ram and head-, end has an inactive normal-station and also an anti-jackknifing extended-station respectively located …

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  • Granted October 7, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 7, 1997.
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FiledNovember 23, 1977
GrantedOctober 7, 1980
Term endedOctober 7, 1997
Patent numberCA 1087217 A
Classification (IPC)B62D53/08

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1978198019821984198619881990199219941996Application filedNov 23, 1977Patent grantedOct 7, 1980Term endedOct 7, 1997

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