Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
A utility service trailer comprising a platform generally surrounded by a low front wall and rear tail gate and substantially higher side walls, a platform extension forwardly of the upper edge of said front wall, a trailer hitch mounted on an extensible tongue and disposed at the forward end of said platform extension, wheel means disposed outwardly of said side walls and generally centrally thereof for supporting the trailer, and cabinet storage means for small tools and accessories disposed outwardly of said side walls and recessed to receive said wheels.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
A utility service trailer comprising a platform generally surrounded by a low front wall and rear tail gate and substantially higher side walls, a platform extension forwardly of the upper edge of said front wall, a trailer hitch mounted on an extensible tongue and disposed at the forward end of said platform extension, wheel means disposed outwardly of said side walls and generally centrally thereof for supporting the trailer, and cabinet storage means for small tools and accessories disposed outwardly of said side walls and recessed to receive said wheels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The construction of claim 1 in which said hitch carried by said tongue having a length substantially corresponding to the length of said platform and platform extension, and being extendable forwardly for substantially its full length to accommodate carrying of long poles upon the trailer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The construction of claim 2 in which said tongue telescopes within a channel secured to said platform, and means in said forward platform extension to raise said tongue bodily to a higher level when extended.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The construction of claim 3 in which said hitch is offset vertically from its attachment to said tongue whereby reversal of said offset accommodates the change in height of said tongue and maintains the height of said hitch substantially constant.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The construction of claim 3 in which said last named means comprises spaced opposed inclined tracks on each side of the tongue and corresponding side rollers carried by said tongue and disposed to ride along said tracks and to maintain the tongue substantially horizontal as it moves forward in extending and rearward in contracting.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The construction of claim 5 in which each of said tracks have a horizontal section at the upper end of the inclined portion thereof, and means to interlock said tongue with said platform extension when fully extended.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
70 words
A utility service trailer comprising a wheel supported body, an extensible tongue having a hitch on its forward end and adapted to accommodate a load of various length poles on said body, and track means mounting said tongue in said body, a portion of said track means being inclined to raise said tongue relative to the trailer when the tongue is fully extended and to lower said tongue when retracted.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
70 words
A utility service trailer comprising a wheel supported body, an extensible tongue having a hitch on its forward end and adapted to accommodate a load of various length poles on said body, and track means mounting said tongue in said body, a portion of said track means being inclined to raise said tongue relative to the trailer when the tongue is fully extended and to lower said tongue when retracted.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
101 words
The construction of claim 7 in which said track means comprises opposed downwardly facing upper rails and upwardly facing lower rails disposed on opposite sides of the tongue, a roller carried by said tongue on each side near the rear end thereof for engagement with the corresponding upper rail, and a roller carried by said tongue on each side thereof and spaced forwardly of said first named rollers for engagement with the corresponding lower rails with the bulk of the tongue extending forwardly of said last named rollers and tending to maintain the upper rollers in engagement with their corresponding rails.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
The construction of claim 8 in which said upper and lower sets of rails are generally spaced vertically from each other in the horizontal sections thereof a distance loosely accomodating said rollers to facilitate movement of said tongue, and means to rigidly secure said tongue relative to said track means at loCations for draw purposes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The construction of claim 9 in which said last named means comprises in at least part a lateral pin adapted to be inserted through a part of said trailer body and selectively through an opening in said tongue.