Utility trailer with movable bed

A utility trailer with a movable bed floor, said utility trailer comprising:

• a trailer frame including a first structural side wall and a second structural side wall opposing said first structural side wall, each of said first structural side wall and said second structural side wall extending along a length direction of said trailer and including an internal track formed within an upper most portion thereof;
• a plurality of bed panels coupled with said trailer frame and defining an upper support surface, each of said bed panels extending from a first lateral end proximate to said first structural side wall to a second lateral end proximate to said second structural side wall, whereby adjacent ones of said bed panels are spaced apart from each other by an unobstructed gap extending across a width of said trailer frame from said first structural side wall to said second structural side wall;
• a live-bed flexible member moveable along the length direction of the trailer and substantially spanning said upper support surface, wherein said live-bed flexible member comprises a flexible conveyor belt that provides a continuous flexible surface between forward and rearward ends thereof;
• a drive system operable to drive said live-bed flexible member in forward and rearward directions over said upper support surface for loading and unloading items;
• wherein said live-bed flexible member has a bulkhead disposed at said forward end thereof, said bulkhead extending from said first structural side wall to said second structural side wall and including a first slide bearing slidably received within said internal track of said first structural side wall and a second slide bearing slidably received within said internal track of said second structural side wall;
• wherein side edge regions of said live-bed flexible member are movable along and under side cover plates at and along the lateral ends of said plurality of bed panels;
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• wherein said drive system comprises a motor that rotatably drives a sprocket to linearly drive a load chain that is connected at said bulkhead and said rearward end of said live-bed flexible member.