Motorcycle trailer construction
OwnerRichard Myersinventor
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Abstract
A motorcycle trailer has a wheeled frame which may be hitched to and unhitched from a towing motorcycle. The frame has a towbar which is movable from a projected position in which it may be hitched to the motorcycle to a retracted position in which it underlies the frame. The frame or the towbar has a handle which may be grasped by a person to enable the frame and the container conjointly to be towed by a person in a manner similar to that of a wheeled suitcase. When unhitched from the motorcycle, the frame and container may be maintained in either an upright or horizontal position.
Claims17
A trailer construction comprising a frame member;
- a towbar member;
- coupling means connecting said towbar member to one end of said frame and for movements from a towing position in which said towbar member extends beyond said frame for connection to a towing vehicle to a retracted position in which said towbar member is free from said vehicle;
- a storage container supported by said frame member;
- at least one wheel rotatable about an axis and mounted on said frame member, said wheel extending below said frame member for ground engagement;
- and a storage container supported on said frame member and having forward and rearward ends, said frame member and said container being swingable about said axis when said towbar member is in said retracted position from a first position in which said container is atop said frame member to a second position in which said frame member and said container are in a second, upright position and are supported by said wheel and the rearward end of said container.
A motorcycle trailer construction comprising a frame member;
- a towbar member;
- hitch means carried by said towbar member for removably hitching said towbar member to a motorcycle;
- a storage container having forward and rearward ends carried by said frame member;
- coupling means coupling said towbar member to said frame member for movements from a projected position in which said hitch means may be hitched to said motorcycle to a retracted position in which said towbar member and said hitch means underlie said frame member;
- and a pair of ground engageable wheels rotatable about an axis of rotation carried by said frame member, said frame member and said container being rockable as a unit about the axis of rotation of said wheels from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially upright position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.