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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
OTTO 'H. MENNING, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
VEHICLE.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 1, 1919.
Application filed May 20, 1918. Serial No. 235,659.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Orro H. MENNING, a
citizen of the, United, States, presiding at
flouston, in the=-county of Harris -and! State
5 of Texas,, have invented certain, new and
useful Improvements in Vehicles, of which
the-following, is a specification.
This invention relates to new and useful
improvement. in a vehicle.,
10 Theobject of the invention; is to provide
'a.,vehicle of. the character described which
is adapted foruse in' carrying, heavy loads,
and in its preferable :form; embodies a truck,
and one or more trailers, flexibly connected
15 hereto. In, case, more: than one trailer is
used, said trailers 'are, flexibly connected to-
gether, the flexible connections embodying
improved' features more specifically de-
scribed hereinafter.-
20 Another object of the invention is to:pro-
vide.:a vehicle of the character described
whichris' adapted{ for carrying- heavy loads,
and which. at.the same time is so construct-
ed that it may be readily turned around on
25 smalls space,, and will. readily' follow the
bends: ,and turns in traversing: a crooked
road, and:the'turning.-of corners..
A still further feature ofr the invention re-
sides' in- the provision of.'a vehicle omistruct-
30 ed of:units, connected;'together, by means of
flexible, couplings,which .'will- readily'yield
when 'the; vehicle is passing.;over-a rough or
uneven roadsurface' withouti twisting or
injuring said' couplings' or other. parts-of
85 the.vehicle.:
-With the above and! other objects in view
the invention has ,particular;relation- to cer-
tain novel- features of construction, opera-
tion and arrangement of; parts, an example
40 of which is-given in this. specification- and
illustrated in; the :accompanying. drawings,
wherein:'
Figure 1, is' a-plan' view of . the vehicle,
showing a truck and two, trailers':connected
45 thereto.
Fig. 2, is a side elevation thereof:
Fig. 3,, is a- sectional .view,-taken on the
line.3--3 of Fig..2.
Fig. 4, is a fragmentary-plan. view; show-
50 ing the-connection of the front trailer to
the truck.
Fig. 5, shows a fragmentary plan view of
a single trailer, and
Fig. 6, shows a fragmentary side eleva-'
55 tion.thereof -Referring now more particularly to the
drawings, wherein like numerals of refer-
ence designate similar parts in each of the
figures, the numeral 1 indicates a truck, the
rear end of the frame of which only is 60
shown, and the numerals 2 and 3, respec-
tively, refer to front and rear trailers.
Each trailer has a body mounted upon the
axle thereof in the usual manner, said bodies
consisting of the side members 4, 4, and 5, 65
5; respectively, which are connected by suit-
able cross bars 6 and 7. The trailers have
the respective coupling poles 8 and 9, which
extend through. the long bearings 10, and 11,
respectively, carried by the bodies of the 70
trailers.. The rear end of the front trailer
carries a collar 12, which is secured in posi-
tion 'by means of the braces 13, 13, and
through which the coupling pole 8 extends,
and the rear trailer has the front and rear 75
bearings 14 and 15, secured to the front and
rear ends of the body, by means of the re-
spective braces 16, 16, and 17, 17, and the
.coupling pole 9 is slidable through said
respective bearings 14, 11., and 15, but the 80
front coupling pole 8 is fixed against length-
wise movement in the bearing 10. The rear
end of. the coupling pole 8 has the upper
and lower straps, 18, 18, secured thereto,
which extend out beyond the rear end of the 85
pole, and to the facing sides of the pro-
jecting ends are secured the respective cir-
cular bearing plates 19, 19, and secured to
and extending from the front end of the
coupling pole,9 are the straps 20, 20, to the 90
extending ends of 'which are secured the cir-
cular bearing plates 21, 21, which fit against
the corresponding plates 19.- These plates
have alined central bearings through which
the pin 22 extends, thus forming a flexible 95
connection; between said coupling poles.
Underneaththe bearing. 14, a double tree 23
is pivoted, the ends of which are provided
with elongated bearings 24, 24, and the
chains 25, 25, are fastened at their forward 100
ends to 'the staples 26, .26, which are se-
cured to,the rear end of the body of the
front trailer, one on. each- side. The rear
of- these chains have clevises 27, 27, which
embrace . the respective ends of 'the double 105
tree and their pins pass through the respec-
tive bearings 24, and are provided with anti-
friction;rollers 28.
A load carrying frame 29 is mounted
upoa;the(trailer- bodies,--and-has 'itsrespe<- 1101,308,636.
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Menning, Otto H. Vehicle, patent, July 1, 1919; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1256536/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.