Patent ID: 7534084

Claim:
A tow trailer assemble for use with a motor vehicle comprising: a fork assembly having a pair of parallel diagonal fork braces, fork receivers connecting to the diagonal fork braces, and a fork cross tie connecting between the fork receivers; forks releasably and matingly engaging the fork receivers; a backstop having a pair of uprights mounting to the fork receivers; a horizontal tie down releasably connecting to the uprights; a base assembly having a cross base between a pair of parallel base arms; a wheel assembly having a wheel arm releasably and matingly engaging one of the base arms; a pivot axle having opposite lateral ends rotatingly engaging the base arms; an axle support frame mounting to each fork receiver and rotatingly engaging the pivot axle; a hitch attaching to the fork assembly; a lifting device being mounted to the base assembly and the fork assembly; a leaf spring of multiple stacked leaves having an attachment end of attached leaves attaching directly to the bottom of each base arm forward the wheel assembly, and an opposite unconnected leaves end of the unattached ends of the leaves; horizontal backstop braces attaching to the backstop; a pivot bar attaching to the horizontal backstop braces; a spring slider slidingly engaging the pivot bar; and wherein the unattached leaves at the unconnected leaves end opens when the fork assembly and base assembly are in an upper position and the unattached leaves at the unconnected leaves end nest together when the fork assembly and base assembly are in a lower position.