Patent ID: 8109342

Claim:
A beach-cleaning trailer apparatus, comprising: a box-shaped trailer having side walls, and having an opening on a top portion thereof, and including a plurality of trailer wheels arranged at lower portions of the side walls; said trailer being operable to be loaded with, and collectively carry a beach cleaner and a litter collection station, said beach cleaner configured to be towed by a vehicle for collecting litter on a beach, wherein the litter collected by the beach cleaner is accumulated in the litter collection station; said box-shaped trailer comprising: a pair of rail members disposed on upper edges of respective opposite said side walls such that said rail members face each other with said opening therebetween; and a sieve unit detachably attached to said rail members, said sieve unit comprising a first side having two spaced apart sieve wheels which ride on a first one of said rail members, and a second side having two spaced apart sieve wheels which ride on a second one of said rail members, wherein each of said sieve wheels includes a middle portion in a width direction thereof which has a first radial diameter and is arranged so as to contact an upper portion of a corresponding rail member, and a side portion attached to and extending radially outwardly relative to the middle portion for contacting a side surface of the corresponding rail member; wherein said sieve unit is operable to move reciprocally along said rail members.