Patent ID: 9346388
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B60P

Claim Text:
1. An adaptable boat trailer, comprising: a trailer frame including a front end, a rear end, a body between the front end and the rear end, a plurality of support bunks on the body configured to support a boat, the rear end including a propeller shield; a cover assembly attached to the trailer frame for selectively covering the boat; a front suspension assembly attached to the trailer frame front end and configured for independently raising and lowering the front end of the adaptable boat trailer, the front suspension assembly including a coupler for removably securing the adaptable boat trailer to a hitch on the vehicle, at least one hydraulic cylinder adapted to contract and extend, and a suspension arm attached to the coupler and the at least one hydraulic cylinder adapted to move in response to the contracting and extending of the at least one hydraulic cylinder; and a rear suspension assembly attached to the trailer frame and configured for raising and lowering the rear end of the trailer frame, the rear suspension assembly including a rear suspension frame attached the trailer frame, a plurality of torsion axles rotatably attached to the rear suspension frame, a pair of wheels attached to each of the plurality of torsion axles to enable the adaptable boat trailer to move over a surface, a pair of lever arms extending perpendicularly from each torsion axle, a pair of beams extending longitudinally in parallel each rotatably attached to two lever arms such that the torsion axles rotate together, and at least one rear hydraulic cylinder secured on a first end to one of the lever arms of a torsion axle and secured on a second end to the rear suspension frame such that the torsion axles rotate in response to contracting and extending the at least one rear hydraulic cylinder.