US 12,280,623 B2
Front header tube and pin box
Timothy D. Schultz, Mishawaka, IN (US); and Mohammed Taqiuddin, South Bend, IN (US)
Assigned to LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC., Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed by Lippert Components, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,878.
Application 18/144,878 is a continuation of application No. 16/724,676, filed on Dec. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,679,634.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,579, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278378 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60D 1/01 (2006.01); B60D 1/48 (2006.01); B62D 21/20 (2006.01); B62D 53/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/01 (2013.01) [B60D 1/48 (2013.01); B62D 21/20 (2013.01); B62D 53/0842 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upper deck frame assembly for a trailer chassis comprising:
a flushed floor section defining a first floor height; and
a header section defining a second floor height above the first floor height, the header section including a header, wherein the header is forwardmost and extends across a width of the frame assembly,
wherein the header is separate from the flushed floor section and is entirely forward of the flushed floor section, and wherein the frame assembly is without a cross bar or beam between the header and the flushed floor section.