Removable load carrying trailer body and vehicle trailer and body combination

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EP 1 953 038 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	08.10.2008 Bulletin 2008/41

(43)	Date of publication:
	06.08.2008 Bulletin 2008/32

(21)	Application number: 08250407.7

(22)	Date of filing: 04.02.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B60P 1/64^(2006.01)
B66F 3/46^(2006.01)

B65D 90/14^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA MK RS

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Priority:

02.02.2007 GB 0701974

(71)	Applicant: Traildec Limited
	Herston Cross House 230 High Street Swanage Dorset BH16 6JL (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Mason, Stephen Poole, Dorset BH17 7AL (GB)

(74)	Representative: Locke, Andrew Robert
	Barker Brettell LLP Medina Chambers Town Quay Southampton SO14 2AQ Southampton SO14 2AQ (GB)

(54)	Removable load carrying trailer body and vehicle trailer and body combination

(57) A removable load carrying trailer body (2) and vehicle trailer (1) combination is provided. The vehicle trailer (1) comprises a wheeled trailer chassis (3) having releasable connections with the chassis of the removable trailer body (2), whereby the trailer body (2) can be supported by the trailer chassis (3) during manoeuvring and travel of the trailer chassis (3). A plurality of hydraulic jacks (20) are provided, adapted to be detachably connected to spaced-apart jacking formations (26) provided on the body chassis, the hydraulic jacks (20) being adapted to be driven by a hydraulic pump (52) carried by the trailer chassis (3). The arrangement is such that when the jacks (20) are assembled to the body chassis, the body (2) can be lifted clear of the trailer chassis (3) to enable the trailer chassis (3) to be wheeled out from under the body (2), and the body (2) to be lowered to the ground by the hydraulic jacks (20), which can then be disconnected from the body chassis.