US 12,434,508 B2
Emergency trailer wheel assembly
William Scott, Duluth, MN (US)
Filed by William Scott, Duluth, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,730.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059099 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60B 37/00 (2006.01); B60B 35/00 (2006.01); B60B 35/04 (2006.01); B62D 63/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 37/00 (2013.01) [B60B 35/006 (2013.01); B60B 35/04 (2013.01); B62D 63/08 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An emergency trailer wheel assembly comprising:
a frame member having a first end and a second end, said frame member being elongate between said first end and said second end, said frame member having a top side and a bottom side, each of said top side and said bottom side extending between said first end and said second end;
a mounting bracket comprising a plate, a pair of U-bolts, and a plurality of nuts, said plate being positioned in abutment with said bottom side of said frame member proximate the first end of said frame member, each said U-bolt having two threaded portions extending through each of said top side of said frame member and said bottom side of said frame member, each said U-bolt cooperating with said top side of said frame member to define an associated aperture of a pair of apertures, said mounting bracket being configured to receive a leaf spring of a trailer through said pair of apertures such that the leaf spring extends laterally from said frame member, each said nut threading onto each said threaded portion of each said U-bolt, each said nut being positioned in abutment with said plate, said mounting bracket being configured for clamping to the leaf spring when said leaf spring extends through said pair of apertures such that the frame member extends away from the trailer proximate to and parallel to an axle of the trailer; and
a wheel being rotatably coupled to said frame member proximate said second end of said frame member.