Patent ID: 8157288

Claim:
In combination with a vehicle having a forward end, a rearward end and a longitudinally extending first box receiver at the rearward end thereof which has an open rearward end, comprising: a trailer including a frame means having a forward end and a rearward end with a bed positioned thereon and a transversely extending axle secured to the said frame means with first and second wheels secured thereto; said trailer bed including a forward end, a rearward end, a first side and a second side; a second longitudinally extending box receiver secured to said frame means of said trailer at said forward end thereof with an open forward end; a third longitudinally extending box receiver secured to said trailer at said rearward end thereof which has an open rearward end; a first elongated hitch bar having forward and rearward ends; said rearward end of said first hitch bar being selectively removably received by said second box receiver; a coupler selectively removably secured to said forward end of said first hitch bar adapted to be secured to a ball hitch secured to the first box receiver of the vehicle to enable the vehicle to tow said trailer; a cargo carrier including a bed having a forward end, a rearward end, a first side and a second side; said cargo carrier having a longitudinally extending second hitch bar secured thereto at its said forward end which may be selectively removably received by the first box receiver of the vehicle when the trailer is disconnected from the vehicle or selectively removably received by said third box receiver, when said trailer is connected to the vehicle, so that said bed of said cargo carrier forms a rearwardly extending extension of said trailer bed to increase the carrying capacity of said trailer.