Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
349 words
A low-profile agricultural trailer with power assisted wheels for orchard use during nut harvesting, comprising: a trailer body substantially rectangularly configured with paneled outwardly beveled front and rear ends and paneled vertical sides, said trailer body upwardly opened with said opening partially covered by a sectional opened-top longitudinal hood, said trailer body formed internally into hopper-like structure with openable bottom closures horizontally operational in the base thereof; means for opening and closing said openable bottom closures horizontally operational; expanded metal see-through corners affixed at the ends of said sectional opened-top longitudinal hood; load leveling chains mobile in a continuous loop in paralleling channels horizontally affixed adjacently below said opened top of said longitudinal hood to endwardly positioned axled sprockets arranged with controllable motoring means; angular load leveling paddles attached interspersed transversely to said chains; a wheel housing positioned downwardly and opened transversely centrally through said trailer body, said wheel housing having an inverted V-shaped cover with said inverted V-shaped cover being angled inside walling providing, with said beveled front and rear ends and said vertical sides, said forming of said hopper-like structure in said trailer body; a base framework supporting said trailer body; trailer tow hitches affixed to said base framework, one at each end of said trailer body; at least one axle affixed to said base framework and passing through said wheel housing; at least two automotive type wheels, one attached to each end of said axle; road tires mounted to said automotive type wheels; a wheel hub for attaching said automotive type wheels to said axle; a differential gear operationally affixed to said axle; an accessible housed drive shaft operationally affixed to said differential gear; a reversible motoring means applicable to said accessible housed drive shaft with sufficient torque to rotate said axle via said affixed differential gear and turn said wheels and adequately powered to move said agriculture trailer bi-directionally with said trailer fully loaded; connective means for directing a motivating force to said controlling motoring means and said reversible motoring means on said trailer from a fluid supply and pressurizing source on a towing vehicle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
349 words
A low-profile agricultural trailer with power assisted wheels for orchard use during nut harvesting, comprising: a trailer body substantially rectangularly configured with paneled outwardly beveled front and rear ends and paneled vertical sides, said trailer body upwardly opened with said opening partially covered by a sectional opened-top longitudinal hood, said trailer body formed internally into hopper-like structure with openable bottom closures horizontally operational in the base thereof; means for opening and closing said openable bottom closures horizontally operational; expanded metal see-through corners affixed at the ends of said sectional opened-top longitudinal hood; load leveling chains mobile in a continuous loop in paralleling channels horizontally affixed adjacently below said opened top of said longitudinal hood to endwardly positioned axled sprockets arranged with controllable motoring means; angular load leveling paddles attached interspersed transversely to said chains; a wheel housing positioned downwardly and opened transversely centrally through said trailer body, said wheel housing having an inverted V-shaped cover with said inverted V-shaped cover being angled inside walling providing, with said beveled front and rear ends and said vertical sides, said forming of said hopper-like structure in said trailer body; a base framework supporting said trailer body; trailer tow hitches affixed to said base framework, one at each end of said trailer body; at least one axle affixed to said base framework and passing through said wheel housing; at least two automotive type wheels, one attached to each end of said axle; road tires mounted to said automotive type wheels; a wheel hub for attaching said automotive type wheels to said axle; a differential gear operationally affixed to said axle; an accessible housed drive shaft operationally affixed to said differential gear; a reversible motoring means applicable to said accessible housed drive shaft with sufficient torque to rotate said axle via said affixed differential gear and turn said wheels and adequately powered to move said agriculture trailer bi-directionally with said trailer fully loaded; connective means for directing a motivating force to said controlling motoring means and said reversible motoring means on said trailer from a fluid supply and pressurizing source on a towing vehicle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said openable bottom closures horizontally operational in the base of said trailer body comprise bearing roller supported oppositely positioned substantially rectangular double sliding doors arranged longitudinally transversely to said trailer body in said base thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said means for opening and closing said openable bottom closures horizontally operational are control levers at each end of said trailer body linked to said openable bottom closures and levered for manual manipulation to open and close said openable bottom closures.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said controllable motoring means for said chains is a hydraulic motor with the r.p.m. rate controlled by variations in fluid pressure applied to said motor and directional rotation controlled according to course changes of said fluid as applied to said motor with applications of said fluid regulated at said fluid supply source on said towing vehicle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
103 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said reversible motoring means applicable to said accessible housed drive shaft with sufficient torque to rotate said axle via said affixed differential gear and turn said wheels adequately powered to move said agriculture trailer bi-directionally with said trailer fully loaded is an attachable and detachable hydraulic motor with the r.p.m. rate controlled by variations in fluid pressure applied to said motor and directional rotation controlled according to course changes of said fluid as applied to said motor with applications of said fluid regulated at said supply and control source of said fluid on said towing vehicle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said connective means for directing a motivating force to controlling motoring means and said reversible motoring means on said trailer from a fluid supply and pressurizing source on a towing vehicle includes hydraulic hoses.