Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Variable capacity of body
Patent
1975-06-26
1977-03-29
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Variable capacity of body
296 23G, B60P 334
Patent
active
040145867
ABSTRACT:
A combined trailer-camper unit is disclosed and claimed herein suitable for towing behind a motorcycle, a small automobile or the like. A wheeled frame is provided having a body secured thereto. The body comprises a bottom section and a top section associated therewith and has a luggage rack provided atop same. The luggage rack is pivotally secured at a forward end of the body and in a luggage carrying capacity resides atop the body. The luggage rack can be pivotally moved to an extended position in front of the body top and is supported by a portion of the wheeled frame. In this position, the underside of the rack provides an extension that is co-planar with the top of the body to define a floor for sleeping or the like. A tent or other suitable structure that may be conveniently carried within the body of the unit can then be erected atop the body and luggage rack extension and secured thereto along the sides. Both ends of the trailer are provided with leveling means to stabilize the unit when it is disconnected from a towing unit. Moreover, the body top may contain a closeable opening therein to permit ingress to the body compartment when the tent structure is erected. Other accessories such as air mattresses, ice chests and the like may also be incorporated into or associated with the present unit.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1579815 (1926-04-01), Humphrey
patent: 3065019 (1962-11-01), May
Engineering Concepts, Inc.
Manning, Jr,. Wellington M.
Song Robert R.
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