Patent ID: 7717453

Claim:
A trailer construction comprising a frame member; a towbar member; a storage container supported by and attached to said frame member by at least one bolt and having forward and rearward ends; coupling means connecting said towbar member to one end of said frame member and for movements from a towing position in which said towbar member extends beyond said frame member and said container for connection to a towing vehicle to a retracted position in which said towbar member is free from said vehicle and occupies a position beneath said container; and at least one ground engageable wheel mounted on said frame member, for rotation about an axis and extending beyond said frame member for ground engagement, said frame member and said container being swingable conjointly about said axis when said towbar member is in said retracted position and while said wheel is in ground engagement from a first position in which said container is atop said frame member to a second frame position in which said frame member and said container are in a second, upright position and are supported by said wheel and a leveling bar pivotally connected to a clevis mounted on the storage container for pivotal movement to a projected position extending away from the rear wall to establish a support with the at least one ground engageable wheel supporting the rearward end of said container in the second upright position, a handle secured to the towbar member and extending upwardly from the towbar member and toward the storage container when the towbar member is in the towing position and extends beyond said frame member, and wherein the handle secured to the towbar member extends downward from the towbar member when said towbar member occupies the retracted position beneath said container and the handle is in a position to cooperate with said at least one ground engageable wheel and support said container in a horizontal position.