# US 7,810,866 B2 · Reconfigurable travel trailer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,810,866 B2 - Document ID: US7810866B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/890,445 - Filed: 2007-08-06 - Published: 2009-01-01 - Granted: 2010-10-12 - Earliest claimed: 2007-06-28 - Assignees: Sylvansport, LLC - Inventors: Thomas M. Dempsey; Gregory K. Mundt; Thomas W. Reeder - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7810866B2 ## CPC - B62D 63/062: {Trailers with one axle or two wheels (semi-trailers B62D53/06)} - B60P 3/341: {comprising flexible elements} - B60P 3/42: convertible from one use to a different one (vehicles capable of travelling in or on different media, rail-and-road vehicles B60F) - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) ## Abstract A travel trailer is provided. The travel trailer may include first and second bed platforms. The platforms are capable of being positioned in a travel configuration for use during transport of the travel trailer. A camping pod is included that has tent fabric. The camping pod is capable of being positioned in a travel configuration in which the camping pod is located above the first bed platform and the second bed platform when the platforms are positioned in the travel configuration. Also, the first bed platform and second bed platform are capable of being positioned in a camping configuration for use when the tent fabric is positioned to form a tent. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A travel trailer, comprising: a first bed platform; a second bed platform, wherein the first bed platform and the second bed platform are capable of being positioned in a travel configuration and in a camping configuration; and a camping pod capable of being positioned in a travel configuration and in a camping configuration, wherein the camping pod is located above the first bed platform and the second bed platform when the first bed platform and the second bed platform are positioned in the travel configuration, wherein the camping pod has a top portion and a bottom portion and tent fabric is located between the top portion and the bottom portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The travel trailer as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a first side frame component; and a second side frame component, wherein the first bed platform is capable of pivoting at least one hundred eighty degrees with respect to the first side frame component between the travel configuration and the camping configuration, and wherein the second bed platform is capable of pivoting at least one hundred eighty degrees with respect to the second side frame component between the travel configuration and the camping configuration. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The travel trailer as set forth in claim 2, wherein the first bed platform and the second bed platform are capable of being positioned in a transport configuration, wherein the first bed platform is capable of pivoting at least ninety degrees with respect to the first side frame component between the travel configuration and the transport configuration, and wherein the second bed platform is capable of pivoting at least ninety degrees with respect to the second side frame component between the travel configuration and the transport configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The travel trailer as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a floor, wherein the camping pod is vertically moved away from the floor during reconfiguration from the travel configuration to the camping configuration; and a rack configured to support the camping pod, wherein the camping pod has a different rate of thermal expansion than the rack, wherein the rack has a telescoping component configured to accommodate varying rates of thermal expansion between the camping pod and the rack. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The travel trailer as set forth in claim 4, further comprising a telescoping lifting mechanism used to vertically move the camping pod away from the floor and closer to the floor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The travel trailer as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: a frame that carries the first bed platform and the second bed platform; and a step removably attachable to the frame, wherein the step is configured for carrying a license plate, wherein the step is capable of being oriented with respect to the frame to allow a user to step on the step to assist in gaining access to an interior of the travel trailer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The travel trailer as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first bed platform and the second bed platform at least partially overlay one another and are in different planes when in the travel configuration, wherein the first bed platform and the second bed platform lie in the same plane when in the camping configuration.