Bicycle trailer pivot assembly

A bicycle trailer pivot assembly for a bicycle trailer having a bicycle trailer frame, the pivot assembly comprising:

• first and second yoke arms each having respective first and second end portions;
• a pivot coupling the first end portion of each yoke arm to the bicycle trailer frame for pivoting about an upright axis relative to the bicycle trailer frame, 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;
• the pivot comprising a first hinge portion at the first end portion of the first yoke arm and a second hinge portion at the first end portion of the second yoke arm, the first and second hinge portions engaging one another and defining a hinge pin receiving opening, a hinge pin inserted into the hinge pin receiving opening and coupled to the bicycle trailer frame, the hinge pin coupling the first and second hinge portions to the bicycle trailer frame, the hinge pin having a hinge pin longitudinal axis that comprises the upright axis;
• wherein the first and second hinge portions comprise a respective first set of stops positioned to engage one another to limit the maximum distance to which the second ends of the first and second yoke arms pivot apart and a second set of stops that are positioned to engage one another to limit the minimum distance to which the second ends of the first and second yoke arms approach one another;
• wherein the first set of stops have a first gap therebetween when the first and second hinge portions are in a position in which the second ends of the first and second yoke arms are not at their maximum distance apart, wherein the second stops have a second gap therebetween when the first and second hinge portions are in a position in which the second ends of the first and second yoke arms are not at their minimum distance apart, and wherein the second hinge portion comprises a second flange overlying the first gap and a portion of the first hinge portion and the first hinge portion comprises a first flange overlying the second gap and a portion of the second hinge portion;
• wherein the first and second flanges are upright flanges extending from a top portion of the pivot assembly toward a bottom portion of the pivot assembly;
• wherein the first flange has a first interior right cylindrical surface and the portion of the second hinge portion overlaid by the first flange is second exterior tight cylindrical surface;
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• wherein the second flange has a second interior right cylindrical surface and the portion of the first hinge portion overlaid by the second flange is a first exterior right cylindrical surface.

A yoke arm with a hinge portion for a bicycle trailer pivot assembly for pivoting first and second yoke arms of a bicycle trailer to a bicycle trailer frame, the yoke arm comprising:

• a yoke arm comprising a yoke arm body having first and second end portions;
• the first end portion of the yoke arm body comprising a hinge portion with a hinge portion body having first and second hinge body ends, the hinge portion comprising a plurality of spaced apart hinge pin receiving rings coupled to the hinge portion body and that each define a hinge pin receiving opening therethrough, the hinge pin receiving openings of the plurality of rings being aligned along a hinge pin receiving longitudinal axis and wherein the yoke arm body extends in a direction away from the hinge pin receiving longitudinal axis;
• wherein the hinge portion defines a first stop that extends along the hinge portion body in a direction of the first to second hinge body ends and a second stop that extends along the hinge portion body in a direction of the first to second end portions of the yoke arm body, and wherein the first and second stops being spaced apart from one another;
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• the hinge portion comprises a flange projecting outwardly from the hinge portion body at a location of the first stop, the flange extending along the hinge portion body in a direction from first to second hinge body ends.