Trailer suspension including tubes and wires support system
View Patent ↗A trailer slider suspension including a tubes and wires support system. The slider includes a frame slidably coupled to and supporting a trailer. The frame includes a cross brace including a pair of overlapping straps to resist twisting. A rotatable shaft is coupled to pins on the frame which are thereby selectively retractable and extendable into the trailer whereby the frame can be moved and fixed along the trailer. Supporting brackets are provided including a central portion and left and right arms extending therefrom. A shaft hole is provided in the central portion and straps openings are provided in each of the arms. The bracket is secured to the frame at a distance from the straps overlap with the rotatable shaft extending through the shaft hole, one of the straps extending through the left arm strap opening and the other strap extending through the right arm strap opening.
1. A trailer suspension including a tubes and wires support system comprising:
a frame adapted to support a trailer;
an axle secured to said frame;
elongate cross brace straps secured to the frame and forming a cross brace with a cross brace center;
a shaft mounted on said frame at a distance from said cross brace;
a tubes and wires supporting bracket comprising a pair of strap openings and a shaft hole;
wherein said supporting bracket is secured to said frame at a distance from the cross brace center with one of said straps extending through one of said bracket openings, the other one of said straps extending though the other one of said bracket openings and with the shaft extending through said bracket hole, whereby tubes and wires extending along said frame are supported by said bracket.
2. The trailer suspension of claim 1 wherein said supporting bracket includes a supporting hole wherethrough said tubes and wires are received and are thereby supported.
3. The trailer suspension of claim 2 further comprising an annular grommet circumscribing said bracket supporting hole wherethrough said tubes and wires are received and are thereby supported.
4. The trailer suspension of claim 1 wherein said supporting bracket includes a central portion and left and right arms extending in opposite directions, said bracket hole being located at said central portion, one of said bracket openings being located in said left arm, and the other of said bracket openings being located in said right arm.
5. The trailer suspension of claim 4 wherein a supporting hole is provided through one of said left or right arms wherethrough said tubes and wires are received and are thereby supported.
6. The trailer suspension of claim 1 wherein said cross brace straps are rectangular shaped in cross section and said bracket openings are rectangular shaped and sized to tightly fit around a strap.
7. The trailer suspension of claim 1 wherein said shaft is rod shaped and said bracket hole is cylindrical shaped and sized to tightly fit around but not interfere with rotation of said shaft.
8. The trailer suspension of claim 1 wherein said bracket openings and said bracket hole are coplanar.
9. The trailer suspension of claim 1 wherein said bracket openings are located in a first plane distant from said bracket hole, and said bracket hole and both of said bracket openings are located in a second plane which is perpendicular to said first plane.
10. The trailer suspension of claim 9 wherein said supporting bracket includes a central portion and left and right arms extending in opposite directions, said bracket hole being located at said central portion, one of said bracket openings being located in said left arm, and the other of said bracket openings being located in said right arm.
11. The trailer suspension of claim 10 wherein a supporting hole is provided through one of said left or right arms wherethrough said tubes and wires are received and are thereby supported.
12. The trailer suspension of claim 10 wherein said cross brace straps are rectangular shaped in cross section and said bracket openings are rectangular shaped and sized to tightly fit around a strap.
13. The trailer suspension of claim 10 wherein said shaft is rod shaped and said bracket hole is cylindrical shaped and sized to tightly fit around but not interfere with rotation of said shaft.
14. The trailer suspension of claim 1 wherein said frame is slidably coupled to a trailer chassis and is selectively longitudinally slidable along said chassis, wherein said frame further comprises a plurality of pins coupled to said shaft and wherein said shaft is selectively rotatable whereby said pins are selectively retracted for sliding said frame along said chassis and extended for fixing said frame to said chassis.
15. The trailer suspension of claim 14 wherein said supporting bracket includes a supporting hole wherethrough said tubes and wires are received and are thereby supported.
16. The trailer suspension of claim 14 wherein said supporting bracket includes a central portion and left and right arms extending in opposite directions, said bracket hole being located at said central portion, one of said bracket openings being located in said left arm, and the other of said bracket openings being located in said right arm.
17. The trailer suspension of claim 14 wherein said cross brace straps are rectangular shaped in cross section and said bracket openings are rectangular shaped and sized to tightly fit around a strap, and wherein said shaft is rod shaped and said bracket hole is cylindrical shaped and sized to tightly fit around but not interfere with rotation of said shaft.
18. The trailer suspension of claim 14 wherein said bracket openings are located in a first plane distant from said bracket hole, and said bracket hole and both said bracket openings are located in a second plane which is perpendicular to said first plane.
19. A trailer suspension including a tubes and wires support system comprising:
a frame adapted to support a trailer;
an axle secured to said frame;
an elongate brace strap secured to the frame;
a shaft mounted on said frame at a distance from said brace strap;
a tubes and wires supporting bracket comprising a brace strap opening and a shaft hole;
wherein said supporting bracket is secured to said frame with said brace strap extending through said bracket opening and with the shaft extending through said bracket hole; and,
a supporting hole extending through said bracket wherethrough said tubes and wires are received and are thereby supported.
20. The trailer suspension of claim 19 wherein said brace strap is rectangular shaped in cross section and said bracket opening is rectangular shaped and sized to tightly fit around said brace strap, and wherein said shaft is rod shaped and said bracket hole is cylindrical shaped and sized to tightly fit around but not interfere with rotation of said shaft.