Patent ID: 6217106
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A folding trailer with at least one expandable bed assembly, comprising:a trailer body having sidewalls, end walls and a guide rail attached to each of the sidewalls, with the sidewalls and end walls of the trailer body defining an internal space;a first mattress frame having extension rails, with the extension rails received slidably in the guide rails attached to the sidewalls of the trailer body such that the first mattress frame is movable between a retracted position in which the first mattress frame at least partially encloses the internal space defined by the trailer body and an extended position in which the first mattress frame extends outward from an end wall of the trailer body leaving an external space between a leading edge of the first mattress frame and the end wall, wherein the leading edge of the first mattress frame includes a support member extending into the external space; anda second mattress frame rotatably connected to the end wall of the trailer body and movable between a first position in which the second mattress frame is received within the internal space defined by the trailer body and a second position in which the second mattress frame is positioned in the external space defined between the leading edge of the first mattress frame and the end wall of the trailer body, wherein the second mattress frame is supported in the external space by the support member and the end wall, and wherein the second mattress frame is positioned beneath the first mattress frame when the first mattress frame is in the retracted position.