US 2022/0063742 A1 · Vertically Stowable Trailer

Abstract

A trailer includes a set of removable castor wheels attached to a rear portion thereof, wherein the castor wheels are oriented to face rearwardly when the trailer is oriented in the traditional horizontal position. This arrangement allows the trailer to be tilted upwardly into a vertical orientation so that it rests on the castor wheels, thus providing an apparatus and method for easily moving and storing trailers more efficiently due to the reduced footprint required for such trailer storage. The castor wheels, in one embodiment, include mounting brackets that may be attached to the trailer using a securing rod, similarly to the mounting mechanisms commonly used for removably attaching trailer hitches into trailer hitch sleeves, thus rendering the castor wheels removable from the trailer when they are not in use for storage purposes.

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Dependent claims

A vertically stowable trailer comprising:

a frame having a tongue on a front end thereof for attachment to a vehicle trailer hitch, a pair of wheels attached to said frame member on opposed lateral sides thereof, and a rectangular frame section having laterally oriented front and rear cross members and a pair of longitudinally oriented side members connected to said front and rear cross members;
said frame further including a vertically oriented wheel housing on each side thereof, wherein each said wheel housing is disposed between one of said wheels and one of said side members of said rectangular frame section;
a first pair of castor wheels attached to said rear cross member so that said castor wheels are oriented to face rearwardly when said trailer is oriented in a horizontal position;
and
a second pair of castor wheels, wherein each of said second pair of castor wheels is attached to a rear portion of said wheel housing so that said castor wheels are oriented to face rearwardly when said trailer is oriented in a horizontal position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Vertically Stowable Trailer

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