US 12,447,890 B2
Over the hole trailer
Neil O'Donnell, St. Louis, MO (US); and Kurt Schlake, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to INA Acquisition Corp., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by INA Acquisition Corp., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,982.
Prior Publication US 2024/0149776 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. B60P 3/40 (2006.01); F16L 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 3/40 (2013.01) [F16L 1/065 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trailer for staging a pipe lining for in-place installation and curing, the trailer comprising:
a horizontal bed extending from a front end of the trailer to a back end of the trailer, the bed including a chassis and an expandable floor, and the floor being slidably coupled to an upper surface of the chassis;
an expandable cover coupled to the bed, the cover comprising a roof and a plurality of side walls, the cover extending from approximately the front end of the trailer to approximately the back end of the trailer to define an internal volume of the trailer, each of the plurality of side walls being coupled to a respective portion of the bed, at least one of the side walls being coupled to the floor, and the roof being coupled to the plurality of side walls; and
a staging apparatus located within the internal volume, the staging apparatus comprising a conveyance system and a pinch press, the conveyance system and the pinch press being sized and shaped to receive the pipe lining for staging, the conveyance system having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, the conveyance system being configured to be converted between the collapsed configuration and the expanded configuration, the conveyance system having a first width when in its collapsed configuration and a second width greater than the first width when in its expanded configuration;
wherein the floor is configured to expand laterally outward from the chassis, defining a first internal width of the trailer when the floor is in a retracted position relative to the chassis and defining a second internal width of the trailer when the floor is in an expanded position relative to the chassis;
wherein the second internal width is greater than the width of the chassis;
wherein the first width of the conveyance system is less than or equal to the first internal width of the trailer;
wherein the floor, when in the expanded position, defines at least one floor surface spanning at least a distance between a first one of the side walls coupled to the floor and an outermost side of the conveyance system closest to said first one of the side walls when the conveyance system is in the expanded configuration; and
wherein the roof is configured to expand laterally with the floor and the at least one of the side walls coupled to the floor.