Multipurpose trailer

• US 5,114,202 A
• Filed: 04/05/1991
• Issued: 05/19/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Maryann Johnson
• Original Assignee: Richard D. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Richard D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cherry, Johnny D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN
• Application Number:
  US07/680,850
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 296/26, 296/172, 296/175, 296/176, 296/61, 410/4, 410/29
• US Class Current: 296/26.05
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/07 for carrying road vehicles

Abstract

A trailer is disclosed having a verticaly positionable roof to permit towing with minimum drag and buffeting. Electromechanical actuators position the roof. A rear wall is comprised of ramps which abut one another and brace the rear upright edges of the trailer sidewalls. A side door of the trailer permits entry and exit from an automobile parked in the trailer. A skirt portion of the roof additionally includes a door overlying the first-mentioned door to permit standard door height. Collapsible shelves within the trailer facilitate secondary use of the trailer when parked. The trailer ramps are spring biased to facilitate their positioning.

Claims

1. A multipurpose trailer for the transport of an auto and for user occupancy when parked, said trailer comprising,

a wheel supported frame,

a front wall and side walls on said frame,

a roof structure having a skirt wall thereabout,

electromechanical actuators in series with one another and each of said actuators coupled to said roof structure to position same,

ramp means hingedly coupled to said frame and positionable to an upright position and thereat constituting a rear wall of the trailer,

said vehicle body including collapsible fixtures, hinge means attaching said fixtures to said walls permitting horizontal deployment of the fixtures and oppositely collapsing of the fixtures,

one of said side walls having a door therein providing an open area for the reception of the door of an auto to permit entry into and exiting from the auto, and

said ramp means including a pair of ramps, locks locking each of said ramps to one each of said side walls.

2. A multipurpose trailer for transporting an automobile and for occupancy when parked, said trailer comprising,

a wheel supported frame,

a trailer body including a front wall and side walls on said frame,

a roof structure including a skirt portion,

electromechanical positioning means in said trailer body and coupled to said roof structure to raise and lower same,

ramps hingedly mounted on said frame having an upright position to constitute a back wall of the vehicle,

door means in one of said side walls and in said skirt portion of the roof structure, each of said ramps when in an upright position in engagement with one of said side walls, said ramps when raised to an upright position also being in edgewise abutment with one another to jointly support the side walls against lateral displacement.