Rail-supported trailer apparatuses, systems, and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8869705
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14173035

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Apparatuses and methods for a trailer that hangs when not in use and on which material may be transported. The apparatuses include a trailer having a single wheel bracket attached to at least one wheel and a trailer body. The trailer body has a first end and a second end and is attached to the single wheel bracket near the first end. The trailer body has a first coupler at the first end and a second coupler at the second end, the first coupler to attach the trailer to a second trailer and the second coupler to attach the trailer to a third trailer such that the trailer hangs by only the single wheel bracket from the first rolling surface of the beam-type rail when the trailer is not attached to the third trailer.

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SWANSON INDUSTRIES INC2608 SMITHTOWN ROAD MORGANTOWN WV 26508

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hutchinson, Thomas L Fairmont, US 4 22

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