Patent ID: 8876141

Claim:
A trailer for towing by a vehicle which is easily maneuvered wherein the trailer tracks the vehicle when backing up so that the trailer may be utilized by an inexperienced driver, said trailer comprising: a trailer frame; a vehicle trailer hitch assembly including a pivotal cross-bar carried by said trailer frame, a trailer hitch tongue carried by said cross-bar adapted for insertion into a vehicle hitch receiver affixed to the vehicle; a front frame member of said trailer frame extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of said trailer; said cross-bar being pivotally carried by said front frame member in a manner to extend parallel to said front frame member and disposed between said frame member and said trailer hitch tongue; said trailer hitch tongue receivable in said vehicle hitch receiver when hitched to said vehicle in a manner that said hitch receiver and trailer hitch tongue are fixed against rotation relative to each other; a pivot connection disposed between said front frame member and said cross-bar providing rotation of said trailer about a pitch axis when hitched to the vehicle; a swivel connector disposed between said pivotal cross-bar and said trailer hitch tongue providing rotation of said trailer about a roll axis; and a pair of casters carried adjacent a rear portion of said trailer rotatable about horizontal and vertical axes; whereby said trailer frame may be hitched to said vehicle by means of said trailer hitch assembly of said trailer whereby the trailer and vehicle move in a same track.