Convertible trailer vehicle and amusement ride
AssigneeChance Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorJoseph Martin Brown
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Abstract
A convertible trailer vehicle is provided having a center section and a pair of end sections hinged at opposite corners to the center section. For transport the sections are aligned with each other for towing in a conventional manner by a tractor vehicle. At its destination the respective ends of the trailer swing in a horizontal plane forwardly and rearwardly against the opposite sides of the center section to define a symmetrical platform which may be used for a variety of purposes, particularly for supporting a roundabout amusement ride. The invention also includes the combination of a trailer vehicle and an amusement ride.
Claims13
A convertible trailer vehicle comprising a plurality of sections, hinge means interconnecting the adjacent ends of two sections at a position laterally off-set from the longitudinal center lines of said sections in positions enabling one section to be swung horizontally relative to the other between an aligned position and a side-by-side position, and releasable locking means separate from said hinge means for retaining said sections in their aligned positions, one of said sections constituting a front section and another of said sections constituting a rear section when said sections are in their aligned positions, trailer wheel means carried only by said rear section, and towing means for releasable connection to a tractor vehicle carried by said front section whereby said trailer functions substantially as a conventional semi-trailer when said sections are releasably locked in their aligned positions.
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