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US 12,611,980 B2Granted
Multi-purpose utility trailer
OwnerCody Briceinventor
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Abstract
A modular, multi-purpose trailer comprises a base, a roof, a plurality of support columns, and walls which can detach from the base and withdraw to an open position within or adjacent to the roof, exposing the interior of the trailer. This withdrawal may be accomplished by means of nested segments sliding up the support columns, rolling mechanisms raising semi-flexible walls, or support columns comprising hydraulic cylinders. This permits the trailer to be used for both open-air functions such as hauling vehicles or livestock transports and closed functions such as camping by re-attaching the walls to the base.
Claims14
A trailer comprising:
- a platform supported on the ground by a plurality of wheels;
- a plurality of support columns extending upward from the platform;
- an upper shell supported above the platform by the plurality of support columns;
- a lower shell movable between a lower position in which the lower shell is disposed against the platform and an upper position in which the lower shell is disposed against the upper shell, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell collectively form a storage container when the lower shell is in the upper position;
- a plurality of walls extending between the lower shell and the upper shell when the lower shell is in the lower position, wherein the walls, the lower shell, and the upper shell collectively define a living space, wherein the lower shell forms a floor of the living space and the upper shell forms a roof of the living space, wherein the walls are configured to be rolled, and wherein the walls are disposed in the storage container when the lower shell is in the upper position;
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- a plurality of roller mechanisms disposed within the upper shell, wherein the roller mechanisms are configured to roll up the walls, wherein lower ends of at least some of the walls are connected to the lower shell, and wherein the roller mechanisms are configured move the lower shell from the lower position to the upper position when the roller mechanisms roll up the walls.
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A trailer comprising:
- a platform supported on the ground by a plurality of wheels;
- a plurality of support columns extending upward from the platform;
- an upper shell supported above the platform by the plurality of support columns;
- a lower shell movable between a lower position in which the lower shell is disposed against the platform and an upper position in which the lower shell is disposed against the upper shell, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell collectively define a storage space when the lower shell is in the upper position;
- a plurality of walls configured to extend between the lower shell and the upper shell when the lower shell is in the lower position, wherein the walls are configured to be rolled, wherein the walls, the lower shell, and the upper shell collectively define a living space, and wherein the lower shell forms a floor of the living space and the upper shell forms a roof of the living space;
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- a plurality of roller mechanisms disposed within the upper shell, wherein the roller mechanisms are configured to roll up the walls, wherein lower ends of at least some of the walls are connected to the lower shell, and wherein the roller mechanisms are configured move the lower shell from the lower position to the upper position when the roller mechanisms roll up the walls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.