Patent ID: 6739617
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
An expandable trailer comprising:a chassis having a plurality of wheels to permit rolling movement along a surface; a main body attached to the chassis, wherein the main body defines an enclosed interior compartment and wherein the main body includes first and second sidewalls, a front wall, a rear wall and a floor, and wherein the main body further includes at least one protruding surface that extends inward from at least one of the front or rear walls in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front or rear walls; first and second hinged sidewall members that are hingeably attached to the first and second sidewalls of the main body respectively, wherein the first and second hinged sidewall members are movable between a storage configuration where the first and second hinged sidewall members are positioned substantially co-planar with each other and wherein the first and second hinged sidewall members engage with each other in the storage configuration so as to define a reinforced storage surface with a reinforcing structure extending substantially perpendicular to the front and rear walls of the main body so as to structurally engage with the at least one protruding surface, and a deployed configuration, where the first and second hinged sidewall members extend upward from the first and second sidewalls of the main body such that the first and second sidewalls of the main body and the first and second hinged sidewall members define the enclosed interior compartment of the expandable trailer; and a tent assembly that mounts to the main body of the expandable trailer when the first and second hinged sidewall members are in the deployed configuration so as to further define the enclosed interior compartment of the expandable trailer.