Patent ID: 7744111

Claim:
A trailer configured to be pulled behind a two wheeled vehicle having wheels aligned in tandem and to track and lean with the vehicle, the trailer comprising: a trailer frame for supporting the weight of a load; a wheel positioned under a center portion of the frame; a means of rotably mounting the wheel to the frame, wherein the wheel provides rolling support for the trailer over ground, the means of rotably mounting the wheels comprising: a suspension arm having two opposing ends, a first suspension arm end pivotally mounted to the trailer frame, the wheel is rotably mounted proximate to the second end of the suspension arm; and a shock absorbing strut for resisting compression in the direction of its length, the strut having opposing first and second attachment ends, the first strut end pivotally attached to a portion of the trailer frame, the second strut end pivotally attached to the suspension arm proximate to the second end of the suspension arm. a trailer tongue having a first end rigidly secured to a front portion of the trailer Frame; and an articulating coupling member having two opposing ends, the first end of the articulating member secured to the second end of the tongue, the articulating coupling member comprising: a universal joint receiving member having a hole therethrough, the receiving member secured to a second end of the tongue; a universal joint member having two pivot holes therethrough, each position proximate opposing ends of the universal joint, the universal joint having an axis of elongation, each pivot hole having an axis, the axes of the pivot holes and universal joint are at substantially right angles to each other; a first pin received through the hole of the receiving member and the first hole of the universal joint, the pin pivotally coupling the receiving member to the universal joint; a receiver hitch having a pivot hole proximate a first end of the receiver hitch, a second end of the receiver hitch adapted for removably mounting to a hitch member secured at the rear of the motorcycle; and a second pin received through a pivot hole in the first end of the receiver hitch and the second hole of the universal joint, the pin pivotally coupling the receiver hitch to the universal joint.