Sliding door trailer
CA 1235721 A · Owner: Wabash National Corporation · Inventors: Stinson, Donald B.
Overview
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A trailer having sliding side doors as well as conventional rear doors permits side access to the trailer interior, enhancing cargo loading and unloading speed and flexibility. At least one side of the trailer includes full length upper and lower tracks, slidably receiving a set of trolleys which support and guide one of the side doors. The trolleys are coupled to the door by pivoting arms which move between two positions. In the first closed, position, the door is in substantial vertical alignment with the tracks and may be latched to the trailer proper such that it functions as a portion of the sidewall; in the second, open position, the door is spaced laterally from the tracks and the …
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- Granted April 26, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 26, 2005.
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