Folding trailer for an all-terrain vehicle
First Claim
1. In combination:
- an all-terrain vehicle including a wheeled frame having rearward and forward ends, a body mounted on said wheeled frame;
a rearwardly presented hitch secured to said wheeled frame;
and a foldable trailer selectively secured to said hitch;
said foldable trailer comprising;
(a) a first frame portion having a forward end, a rearward end, opposite sides, an upper end, and a lower end;
(b) an elongated first tongue member, having upper and rearward ends, pivotally secured adjacent its forward end to said first frame portion at the forward end thereof about a horizontal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said first tongue member;
(c) said first tongue member being selectively secured to said first frame portion rearwardly of the pivotal connection of said first tongue member with said first frame portion to prevent pivotal movement of said first tongue member with respect to said first frame portion at times;
(d) an elongated second tongue member, having rearward and forward ends, pivotally secured at its rearward end about a vertical axis, to the forward end of said first tongue member;
(e) said second tongue member being pivotally secured to said hitch about a horizontal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said second tongue member;
(f) said first frame portion being selectively foldable from a position wherein said wheel assembly is in ground-engagement to a substantially vertically disposed position rearwardly of the vehicle when the rearward end of said first tongue member is not secured to said first frame portion.
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Abstract
A folding trailer is described including a wheeled first frame portion having a tongue secured thereto which extends forwardly therefrom for connection to a hitch adapter which is mounted on the hitch of the an all-terrain vehicle. A second frame portion is pivotally secured to the rearward end of the wheeled frame portion and a rear frame portion is pivotally secured to the rearward end of the second frame portion in such a manner that it may be pivotally moved upwardly from a horizontally disposed position on the rearward end of the second frame portion to an upwardly extending position. The rear frame portion may be folded onto the second frame portion with those frame portions being folded upon the wheeled frame portion. The trailer may then be pivotally moved upwardly and secured to the rack of the all-terrain vehicle.
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18 Claims
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1. In combination:
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an all-terrain vehicle including a wheeled frame having rearward and forward ends, a body mounted on said wheeled frame;
a rearwardly presented hitch secured to said wheeled frame;
and a foldable trailer selectively secured to said hitch;
said foldable trailer comprising;
(a) a first frame portion having a forward end, a rearward end, opposite sides, an upper end, and a lower end;
(b) an elongated first tongue member, having upper and rearward ends, pivotally secured adjacent its forward end to said first frame portion at the forward end thereof about a horizontal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said first tongue member;
(c) said first tongue member being selectively secured to said first frame portion rearwardly of the pivotal connection of said first tongue member with said first frame portion to prevent pivotal movement of said first tongue member with respect to said first frame portion at times;
(d) an elongated second tongue member, having rearward and forward ends, pivotally secured at its rearward end about a vertical axis, to the forward end of said first tongue member;
(e) said second tongue member being pivotally secured to said hitch about a horizontal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of said second tongue member;
(f) said first frame portion being selectively foldable from a position wherein said wheel assembly is in ground-engagement to a substantially vertically disposed position rearwardly of the vehicle when the rearward end of said first tongue member is not secured to said first frame portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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