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A trailer is provided that is especially suited for transporting bicycles and has load supporting, suspension, storage, parking, and rolling functions. The trailer has a main frame providing a trailer bed, adapted to support a plurality of bicycles, and a high performance suspension system. The susp

A trailer is provided that is especially suited for transporting bicycles and has load supporting, suspension, storage, parking, and rolling functions. The trailer has a main frame providing a trailer bed, adapted to support a plurality of bicycles, and a high performance suspension system. The suspension system includes a pair of independent suspension units including trailer wheels mounted by suspension arms on opposite sides of the main frame for elevational movement in earth traversing positions and for pivoting movement between the earth traversing positions disposed outwardly of the sides of the main frame and stowing positions folded under the main frame. The suspension units include heavy duty shock absorbers that cushion the bicycle or other load, maintain the bicycles in level upright positions during earth traversal, and maximize traction of the wheels. The frame and suspension units are movable between a traveling mode wherein the trailer bed of the frame is generally horizontal and the wheels are in their ground-engaging positions and a collapsed, stowing mode wherein the frame and suspension units are upright in a generally A-shaped relation and the wheels are in their stowing positions. A tow bar is interchangeably connected to the main frame in a towing position or in a stowing position. The trailer is also tiltable with a load of bicycles into a parking position, can be rolled sideways on its wheels when collapsed, and is made of parts that can be dissembled for convenient UPS shipping and then subsequently re-assembled for use.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A trailer having earth-traversing and stowing modes, comprising:a load-supporting frame having front and rear ends and opposite sides, said frame providing a trailer bed lying in a generally horizontal plane when in the earth-traversing mode;a pair of transversely spaced

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A trailer having earth-traversing and stowing modes, comprising:a load-supporting frame having front and rear ends and opposite sides, said frame providing a trailer bed lying in a generally horizontal plane when in the earth-traversing mode;a pair of transversely spaced suspension arms having front ends individually pivotally mounted on the front end of the frame for independent elevational movement of the arms relative to the frame when the trailer is in its earth-traversing mode, said arms extending rearwardly and outwardly and having rear portions restively extending along opposite sides of the frame;a pair of transversely spaced ground-engaging wheels individually mounted on the rear portions of the arms adjacent to the opposite sides of the frame for elevational movement with the arms, the peripheries of the wheels extending upwardly in adjacent relation to the trailer bed in said earth-traversing mode and also extending rearwardly in adjacent relation to the rear end of the frame; anda pair of shock-absorbers connected to the frame and the respectively adjacent rear portions of the arms so that each shock-absorber, working through elevational movement of its associated arms can maintain the trailer bed in a generally horizontal attitude when stationary and during earth-traversing movement and can also maintain traction of the wheels with the ground.