Bicycle trailer

A bicycle trailer comprising:

• a bicycle trailer frame having a front frame portion and a rear frame portion;
• a rear wheel coupled to the rear frame portion of the frame;
• a hitch portion pivotally coupled to the front frame portion of the frame;
• the hitch portion comprising first and second yoke arms extending forwardly from the front frame portion, each yoke arm having respective first end and second end portions;
• a pivot coupling the first end portion of each arm to the front frame portion for pivoting about an upright axis relative to the front frame portion, wherein the distance between the second end portions of the first and second yoke arms is adjustable by pivoting the second ends of the respective yoke arms toward and away from one another about the upright axis;
• a first skewer engagement latch coupled to the second end portion of the first yoke arm and a second skewer engagement latch coupled to the second end portion of the second yoke arm;
• the first skewer engagement latch comprising a first housing with a first opening sized to receive a first end portion of a skewer that supports the rear wheel of a bicycle, the first skewer engagement latch comprising a first stop coupled to the first housing and movable to first stop closed and open positions, wherein with the first stop in the first stop closed position, the first stop closes the first opening sufficiently to block the removal of the first latch from the first end portion of the skewer and thereby blocks the decoupling of the first yoke arm from the first end portion of the skewer, and wherein with the first stop in the first stop open position, the first stop opens the first opening sufficiently to permit passage of the first end portion of the skewer through the first opening;
• the second skewer engagement latch comprising a second housing with a second opening sized to receive a second end portion of the skewer opposite to the first end portion of the skewer, the second latch comprising a second stop coupled to the second housing and movable to second stop open and closed positions, wherein with the second stop in the second stop closed position, the second stop closes the second opening sufficiently to block the removal of the second latch from the second end portion of the skewer and thereby blocks the decoupling of the second yoke arm from the second end portion of the skewer, and wherein with the second stop in the second stop open position, the second stop opens the second opening sufficiently to permit passage of the second end portion of the skewer through the second opening;
• an actuator coupled to the first and second stops and operable to move the first stop from the first stop closed position to the first stop open position and to move the second stop from the second stop closed position to the second stop open position, the actuator comprising a first cable having a first cable first end portion and a first cable second portion spaced from the first cable first end portion, the actuator comprising a second cable having a second cable first end portion and a second cable second portion spaced from the second cable first cable end portion, the first cable first end portion being coupled to the first stop and the second cable first end portion being coupled to the second stop, wherein movement of the first cable second portion in a first cable first direction moves the first stop from the first stop closed position to the first stop open position and wherein movement of the first cable second portion in a first cable second direction moves the first stop from the first stop open position to the first stop closed position, and wherein movement of the second cable second portion in a second cable first direction moves the second stop from the second stop closed position to the second stop open position and wherein movement of the second cable second portion in a second cable direction moves the second stop from the second stop open position to the second stop closed position.