Trailer for cycles

• US 5,098,113 A
• Filed: 08/28/1990
• Issued: 03/24/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eugene E. Albitre
• Original Assignee: Eugene E. Albitre
• Inventors: Albitre, Eugene E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M
• Application Number:
  US07/573,984
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 280/204, 280/472, 280/494, 280/78, 280/47.3, 280/47.32, 280/292, 280/304.3, 280/304.5, 280/32.7, 224/30 R, 224/31, 224/32 R, 224/33 R, 224/420.3 B
• US Class Current: 280/204
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 63/067 single wheeled (rigid or semi-rigid couping)
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 27/006 having a single wheel

Abstract

A lightweight single wheel trailer is provided for towing behind a bicycle and including an upwardly opening wire mesh-type receptacle mounted forward of the rear wheel of the trailer. The trailer is collapsible. The receptacle is detachable from the trailer and is collapsible for economical shipping and storage. The rear portion of the trailer is detachable from the front portion and includes opposite side rearwardly projecting arms between whose rear ends the rear wheel of the trailer is journalled. The forward end of the trailer includes a hitch assembly for coupling the forward end of to the upstanding seat supporting shank of an associated bicycle.

Claims

1. A trailer for use behind a cycle including a lower horizontal main frame having a front portion and a rear portion and a forward element including an end extending from the front portion, the end including hitch means for universal connection with a mounting portion of a cycle and with the end extending rearwardly from the mounting portion of the cycle, an upright standard having an upper end and a lower end mounted with the rear portion of the main frame, an openable load receiving receptacle including a bottom wall supported from and extending along the main frame, upstanding side walls extending upward from opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom wall, and a rear wall interconnecting with and extending upward from a rear margin of the bottom wall, the side walls and rear wall including interconnected upper marginal portions, the rear portion including a pair of front-to-rear extending opposite side and laterally spaced apart wheel support arms provided with wheel mounting structures, a rear wheel disposed between the arms and journalled from the wheel mounting structures, and wherein the front portion and the rear portion of the main frame are selectively relatively detachable wherein the load receiving receptacle has side walls hingedly connected to opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom wall and a rear wall hingedly connected to a rear margin of the bottom wall such that the side walls can be pivoted to extend upward from opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom walls and the rear wall can be pivoted to extend upward from the rear margin of the bottom wall, the side walls including forward and rearward marginal portions, the rearward marginal portions having connecting means for detachably connecting the rearward marginal portions of the side walls to connecting means positioned on lateral marginal portions of the rear wall, the side nd rear walls including interconnected upper marginal portions, at least the central portion of the upper marginal portion of the rear wall being detachably anchored to the upright standard located on the rear portion of the main frame, at least the forward marginal portions of the side wall being detachably anchored to the front portion of the main frame.

2. A trailer for use behind a cycle including a lower horizontal main frame having a front portion and a rear portion and a forward element including an end extending from the front portion, the end including hitch means for universal connecting with a mounting portion of a cycle and with the end extending rearwardly from the mounting portion of the cycle, an upright standard having an upper end and a lower end mounted with the rear portion of the main frame, an openable load receiving receptacle including a bottom wall supported from and extending along the main frame, upstanding side walls extending upward from opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom wall, and a rear wall extending upward from a rear margin of the bottom wall, the side walls and rear wall including interconnected upper marginal portions, a pair of front-to-rear extending opposite side and laterally spaced apart wheel support arms including rear ends provided with wheel mounting structures, a rear wheel disposed between the arms and journalled from the wheel mounted structures, and wherein the load receiving receptacle is selectively collapsible into planar elements and detachably anchored to the main frame, the side walls being hingedly connected with the bottom wall wherein the load receiving receptacle has side walls hingedly connected to opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom wall and a rear wall hingedly connected to a rear margin of the bottom wall such that the side walls can be pivoted to extend upward from opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom walls and the rear wall can be pivoted to extend upward from the rear margin of the bottom wall, the side walls including forward the rearward marginal portions, the rearward marginal portions having connecting means for detachably connecting the rearward marginal portions of the side walls to connecting means positioned on lateral marginal portions of the rear wall, the side and rear walls including interconnected upper marginal portions, at least the central portion of the upper marginal portion of the rear wall being detachably anchored to the upright standard located on the rear portion of the main frame, at least the forward marginal portions of the side wall being detachably anchored to the front portion of the main frame.

3. The trailer as claimed in claim 2 wherein the front element includes a stabilizing fin.

4. A trailer for use behind a cycle including a lower horizontal main frame having a front portion and a rear portion and a forward element including an end extending from the front portion, the end including hitch means for universal connection with a mounting portion of a cycle and with the end extending rearwardly from the mounting portion of the cycle, an upright standard having an upper end and a lower end mounted with the rear portion of the main frame, an operable load receiving receptacle including a bottom wall supported from and extending along the main frame, upstanding side walls extending upward from opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom wall, and a rear wall extending upward from a rear margin of the bottom wall, the side walls and rear wall including interconnected upper marginal portion, a pair of front-to-rear extending opposite side and laterally spaced apart wheel support arms including rear ends provided with wheel mounting structures, a rear wheel disposed between the arms and journalled from the wheel mounting structures, and wherein the front portion and the rear portion of the main frame are selectively relatively detachable, and wherein the load receiving receptacle is collapsible into planar elements and detachably anchored to the main frames wherein the load receiving receptacle has side walls hingedly connected to opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom wall and a rear wall hingedly connected to a rear margin of the bottom wall such that the side walls can be pivoted to extend upward from the opposite longitudinal margins of the bottom walls and the rear wall can be pivoted to extend upward from the rear margin of the bottom wall, the side walls including forward and rearward marginal portions, the rearward marginal portions having connecting means for detachably connecting the rearward marginal portions of the side walls to connecting means positioned on lateral marginal portions of the rear wall, the side and rear walls including interconnected upper marginal portions, at least the central portion of the upper marginal portion of the rear wall being detachably anchored to the upright standard located on the rear portion of the main frame, at least the forward marginal portions of the side wall being detachably anchored to the front portion of the main frame.