| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to extendible flatbed trailers having a substantially flat floor when extended and to a method of extending such trailers. An extendible flatbed trailer (1) comprises: a chassis section (2), the chassis section supporting a first platform (104), the first platform having a load bearing first floor surface (4); a wheeled bogie section (3), the bogie section supporting a second platform (105), the second platform having a load bearing second floor surface (5); and elevation means (64) for altering the relative levels of the floor surfaces (4,5) with respect to each other, in which the bogie section (3) is slidably connected to the chassis section (2) and relatively movable between extended and retracted positions, one of the floor surfaces (4) relatively extending from underneath the other floor surface (5) as the sections (2,3) are moved from a retracted to an extended position, at which extended position the relative levels of the floor surfaces (4,5) may be altered by the elevation means (64) so that the platforms (104,105) present substantially co-planar floor surfaces (4,5). <IMAGE></p> |
