Patent ID: 6840569

Claim:
A caravan, comprising: a lower body portion; an upper body portion; means for hingedly connecting said lower body portion to said upper body portion at only one end of said caravan, said means for hingedly connecting including at least one hinge member for allowing said upper body portion to rotate relative to said lower body portion about an axis created by said at least one hinge member from a first position, where said upper body portion and said lower body portion are in close abutment, to a second position, where said upper body portion and said lower body portion have been rotated a predetermined distance about said at least one hinge member, so that said upper body portion is elevated above said lower body portion and no longer in said close abutment to said lower body portion; means for elevating said upper body portion relative to said lower body portion about said at least one hinge member from said first position to said second position and vice-versa; side extension members being in a substantially horizontal orientation when said upper body portion and said lower body portion are in said first position and being in a substantially vertical orientation when said upper body portion and said lower body portion are in said second position, so that in said second position, said substantially vertical orientation of said side extension members provides headroom within a substantial interior area of said caravan; and, a foldable side door for accessing said substantial interior area having been provided with said headroom when said side extension members are in said substantially vertical orientation.