Patent ID: 8360782

Claim:
A firefighting training apparatus, comprising: a trailer having a length and a width and capable of being towed by a vehicle; a first vertical support frame spanning substantially the width of the trailer and mounted proximate to a front end of the trailer; a second vertical support frame spanning substantially the width of the trailer and mounted proximate to a rear end of the trailer; a working surface support frame having a first section including first and second opposed end members having lengths substantially equal to the width of the trailer and coupled at first ends thereof to a first cross member, the first and second end members pivotally mounted at the first ends, respectively, to top portions of first sides of the first and second vertical support frames to permit the first section of the working surface support frame to be pivoted from a horizontal plane to an inclined plane; a second section of the working surface support frame including third and fourth opposed end members, the third and fourth end members coupled at first ends thereof to a second cross member, the third and fourth end members pivotally mounted at pivot points proximate to second ends thereof, respectively, to second ends of the first and second opposed end members to permit the second section of the working surface support frame to be pivoted between a deployed position in which the first and second sections are in a single plane and a stowed position in which the second section is disposed in a substantially vertical orientation proximate to the first sides of the first and second vertical support frames; and a raising mechanism coupled between the vertical support frames and the working surface support frame.