Camper

A pair of rectangular parallelepiped boxes are affixed to the oversurface of a base member which is mounted on wheels. Each of the boxes is positioned at a corresponding one of a first pair of sides and extends between a second pair of sides of the base member. Each of the boxes has a top and an open end at one of the second pair of sides. The open ends are selectively coverable by doors. A bed support member covers the camper by resting on top of the boxes and extending therebetween when the camper is in transit and resting on the tops at the other of the second pair of sides when the camper is assembled. A plurality of support devices are provided on the bed support member and on the top of the boxes for supporting tubular brace members for maintaining the bed support member level above the ground and for supporting arcuate tent support members for maintaining a tent above the base member and the bed support member. A plurality of legs are foldably mounted on the undersurface of the base member. A cooking unit, a food chest, a cooling chest and a table top are removably stored in the boxes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a camper. More particularly, the invention 
relates to a camper adapted to be towed by a motorcycle. 
Campers of the type described herein are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 
2,582,635; 2,719,054; 3,065,019; 3,095,231; 3,823,975 and 3,913,968. 
Objects of the invention are to provide a camper adapted to be towed by a 
motorcycle, which camper is of simple structure, inexpensive in 
manufacture, compact, light in weight, readily towed by a motorcycle 
without stress or strain, and functions effectively, efficiently and 
reliably to provide the basic necessities of a camper.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION: 
The camper of the invention is adapted to be towed by a motorcycle. 
The camper of the invention comprises a base member 1 (FIGS. 1 to 3) of 
substantially planar rectangular configuration having an oversurface 2 
(FIGS. 2 and 3) and an undersurface 3 (FIG. 5). The base member 1 also has 
a first pair of spaced parallel sides 4 and 5 (FIG. 5) and a second pair 
of spaced parallel sides 6 and 7 perpendicular to the first pair of sides 
(FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5). 
A pair of wheels 8 and 9 are rotatably mounted on the undersurface 3 of the 
base member 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. 
A pair of rectangular parallelepiped boxes 10 and 11 (FIGS. 2, 3 and 5) are 
affixed to the oversurface 2 of the base member 1 at the sides 5 and 4, 
respectively. The boxes 10 and 11 extend between the sides 6 and 7 and 
have tops 12 and 13, respectively (FIGS. 2, 3 and 5). The boxes 10 and 11 
have open ends 14 and 15, respectively, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, at the 
side 6 of the base member 1. The open ends 14 and 15 of the boxes 10 and 
11, respectively, are selectively coverable by doors 16 and 17, 
respectively (FIGS. 3 and 5). 
A bed member 18 (FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5) covers the camper by resting on the 
tops 12 and 13 of the boxes 10 and 11, respectively, and extends between 
said boxes when the camper is in transit, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5. The 
bed support member 18 rests on the tops 12 and 13 of the boxes 10 and 11, 
respectively, at the side 7 of the base member 1, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 
3, when the camper is assembled. The bed support member 18 preferably 
comprises a pair of rectangular plate-like members 19 and 20 (FIGS. 2, 3 
and 5) which are telescopically coupled to each other, so that in transit 
position, as shown in FIG. 5, they are in substantial juxtaposition with 
each other and in assembled position, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, they are 
extendible to form a full-sized bed support platform. The members 19 and 
20 of the bed support member 18 are preferably bordered by ledges 21, 22 
and 23, and 24 and 25, respectively, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. 
A plurality of support devices 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 are provided 
on the bed support member 18 and on the tops 12 and 13 of the boxes 10 and 
11, respectively, as shown in FIG. 3, for supporting tubular brace members 
34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 (FIG. 3). 
A plurality of legs 39, 40, and 41 (FIGS. 2 and 3) and a fourth leg (not 
shown in the FIGS.) are foldably mounted on the undersurface 3 of the base 
member 1, as indicated in FIG. 2. 
A plurality of tubular brace members 37 and 38 are removably supported by 
the support devices 28 and 29, and so on (FIG. 3), of the bed support 
member 18 for maintaining the bed support member level above the ground, 
in the manner shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. A plurality of tubular generally 
arcuate tent support members 34, 35 and 36 are removably supported by the 
support devices 26 and 27 of the bed support member 18 and by the support 
devices 30 to 33 of the boxes 10 and 11, as shown in FIG. 3, for 
maintaining a tent 42 (FIGS. 2 and 5) above the base member 1 and the bed 
support member 18, as shown in FIG. 3. The support devices comprise 
cylindrical socket members in which the free ends of the braces are 
seated. A tubular brace member 3 (FIGS. 2 and 3) is supported by a support 
device (not shown in the FIGS.) on the oversurface 2 of the base member 1 
and supports a table top 44 (FIGS. 2 and 3) at a suitable distance above 
said oversurface, so that people sitting on the tops 12 and 13 of the 
boxes 10 and 11, respectively, may comfortably use the table top for 
desired purposes such as, for example, eating, writing, playing games, and 
so on. 
The brace members preferably are provided in several parts, in the manner 
shown in FIG. 4, so that they may be readily assembled and disassembled to 
form the completed brace members and to occupy a minimum space in transit. 
A plurality of pins, of the type shown in FIG. 6, are preferably utilized 
to secure various components of the camper to each other in assembled 
position. Thus, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the pins 45 and 46 are utilized 
to secure the back ledge 23 to the member 19 of the bed support member and 
the pins 47 and 48 are utilized to secure the members 19 and 20 of the bed 
support member 18 to each other in their assembled positions. 
A cooking unit 49 (FIGS. 2 and 3) and a food chest 50 (FIGS. 2 and 3) are 
removably stored in the box 10. A cooling chest 51 (FIG. 3) is removably 
stored in the box 11. 
A door 52 is hingedly affixed to the base member 1 at its edge 6, as shown 
in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5, so that it is closable to form an additional storage 
space between the boxes 10 and 11, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, for storing 
several components and items in transit. When the door 52 is opened, as 
shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the additional space between the boxes is utilized 
to accommodate people seated on such boxes. 
While the invention has been described by means of a specific example and 
in a specific embodiment, we do not wish to be limited thereto, for 
obvious modifications will occur to those skilled in the art without 
departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.