Patent ID: 7712813

Claim:
An expandable trailer comprising: a central enclosure defining a maximum interior height of the trailer; a chassis having a central longitudinal axis for supporting the central enclosure thereon; at least one horizontal rectangular floor section, having an inner longitudinal edge and a rail parallel to the axis, the inner longitudinal edge of the floor section aligned parallel to the axis and between its corresponding rail and the axis; and at least one rectangular floor element, having a first longitudinal edge that pivotally coupled to the inner longitudinal edge of a corresponding one of the at least one floor sections, a distance between the first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge of the at least one floor element opposite to the first longitudinal edge being substantially greater than one half of the maximum interior height of the trailer; at least one support, comprising an inner member and an outer member, the outer member having an inner opening that extends substantially along a length of the outer member, the inner member housed within the opening and coupled to the rail of a corresponding one of at least one floor sections, the at least one support being extendable from a storage position of the trailer in which the inner longitudinal edge of the at least one floor section is disposed proximate to the axis and the outer rail of the at least one floor section is disposed substantially over the chassis, to an extended position of the trailer in which the at least one floor element is disposed substantially co-planar to the corresponding at least one floor section and the outer rail of the corresponding floor section extends laterally beyond the chassis.