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Multi-level expandable trailer

  • US 6,302,475 B1
  • Filed: 08/09/2000
  • Issued: 10/16/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A reconfigurable, dual level trailer having a fixed length, a variable width, a variable height and a longitudinal axis, the trailer comprising:

  • a lower body portion supported on a set of wheels, and having a front wall, a back wall and a pair of opposite side walls;

    an upper body portion disposed upon the lower body portion and having a fixed lower segment which telescopically fits within a movable upper segment, the lower segment having a front wall, a back wall and a pair of opposite side walls, the upper segment having a front wall, a back wall and opposite side portions in the form of continuous windows along the entire length of the trailer, and a roof;

    a horizontal partition extending the length of the trailer between the upper body portion and the lower body portion to define an upper level and a lower level;

    a mid-portion of each side wall of the lower body portion being recessed to receive a pod which is slidably mounted along a horizontal axis generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to selectively adjust the volume and the width of the lower level; and

    the upper segment being slidably mounted along a vertical axis generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to selectively adjust the volume and the height of the upper level, wherein a set of hydraulic cylinders are provided in the upper level to raise the upper segment with respect to the lower segment when the trailer is in a parked condition such that the windows will illuminate the interior of the trailer, and to lower the upper segment with respect to the lower segment when the trailer is in a travel condition, such that the windows are blocked by the lower segment side walls, wherein the lower level has a set of steps connecting a main floor with an offset auxiliary floor, and a staircase connecting the auxiliary floor with the upper level, and wherein the upper level includes a foldable vertical wall having a fixed lower portion attached to the horizontal partition and a movable upper portion pivotably attached to the roof.

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