Fifth wheel slider assembly
CA 2600435 C · Owner: Hungerink, Gerald W. · Inventors: Thorwall, Gregory R.; Keatley, Justin D.; Sibley, Richard J. Jr.
Overview
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A fifth wheel slider assembly comprises at least one rack member having a first side and a second side and is supportable above a vehicle frame a hitch , plate with a throat for receiving a kingpin of a trailer and a pair of , support brackets pivotally supporting the hitch plate and slidably abutting the first side of the at least one rack member. The slider assembly further includes a guide plate slidably abutting the second side of the at least one rack member and coupled to the pair of support brackets by a plurality of mechanical fasteners, and an engagement assembly releasably engaging the at least one rack member at incremental points along the length of the at least one rack …
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- Filed March 9, 2006 and granted April 9, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 9, 2026.
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