Patent ID: 7273245

Claim:
A camper and trailer combination comprising: an open-topped, wheeled enclosure having an open top and including a front and a back and two opposite sides which extend between the front and the back and wherein said two opposite sides include one opposite side and another opposite side; at least three spars which extend between the two opposite sides of the enclosure and span the open top of the enclosure and each of said spars having two opposite ends, one end of said opposite ends being arranged adjacent said one opposite side of the enclosure and the other of said opposite ends being arranged adjacent said another opposite side of the enclosure; and a canopy which is positionable over the spars to cover the open top of the enclosure; a pair of guide rails which are connected to the enclosure so as to extend along the two opposite sides thereof wherein one of the guide rails of said pair of guide rails extends along said one opposite side of the enclosure and between the front and the back thereof and the other of the guide rails of said pair of guide rails extends along said another opposite side of the enclosure and between the front and the back thereof; at least three slide members which are mounted upon one of the guide rails for sliding movement therealong and at least three slide members which are mounted upon the other of the guide rails for sliding movement therealong; and one of the two opposite ends of each spar being connected to a corresponding one of said slide members which is slidably mounted upon said one of said pair of guide rails and the other of the two opposite ends of each spar being connected to another corresponding one of said slide members which is slidably mounted upon said other of said pair of guide rails so that each spar can be moved along the opposite sides of the enclosure as the slide members to which the spar is connected are slidably moved along said pair of guide rails and so that each spar can be moved independently of the other spars of the at least three spars to accommodate the positioning of the ends of the spars at desired locations and at desired spacings along said pair of guide rails; each spar being pivotally connected to the slide members to which the spar is connected to permit a pivotal movement of the spar through about ninety degrees of movement between an upright condition at which the spar is disposed in a vertical orientation and at which the canopy can be spread over and cover the spars and a collapsed, out-of-the-way condition at which the spar is disposed substantially horizontally; and means associated with each slide member for releasably securing the spar to which the slide member is connected in either its upright condition or its collapsed condition.