Patent ID: 6722726
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A toy-hauling tent trailer comprising:a trailer chassis, the trailer chassis comprising a frame, the frame defining edges of a center floor section, the center floor section comprising: at least one tie-down strip attached to the trailer chassis within the boundaries of the frame, the tie-down strip adapted to serve as at least one floor joist to at least partially support at least one floor pane, wherein the at least one tie-down strip comprises a channel, the channel comprising: a base comprising a substantially rigid elongated member; two mutually spaced-apart substantially parallel vertical sides extending upward from the base, the sides engaging opposite ends of a plurality of mutually parallel and mutually spaced apart tie-down bars; a depth of the channel and the positions of the tie-down bars selected to allow at least one tie-down hook to engage at least one tie-down bar; a width of the channel sized to be compatible with receiving a tie-down hook; and a plurality of flanges, the flanges extending horizontally outward from the base, the distance from a top of the flange to a top of the sides of the channel sized to prevent the sides of the channel from extending beyond a top of a flooring panel that is resting on a top of the flange, the flanges adapted to attach to the flooring panel and the chassis; a tent, adapted to be stowed on the trailer chassis and to be erected at least one of on and around the trailer chassis; and a toy space, the toy space sized and shaped for containing at least one motorized adult riding toy, the toy space comprising a space interior to the tent in both the stowed and the erected positions of the tent, wherein the toy space comprises a space accessible through at least one of a pivoting roof panel, a pivoting floor panel, and a tent wall opening for both loading and launching the at least one motorized adult riding toy, the toy space accessible in both the stowed and the erected positions of the tent.