Snowmobile trailer

Claim 1

A trailer for snowmobiles of the type which have the following conventional components, to wit, an elongate hull-like body having longitudinal outturned running boards at the sides and having a cross-sectionally convex forward bottom, a pair of parallel skis swivelly mounted for steering at the sides of said bottom, a propulsion powered track extending from the rear of said skis to approximately the rear of said body and supported by a generally horizontal track frame, and a central draft connection means at the rear of said body, said trailer having in combination: an elongate frame of generally U-shape structure having the base portion of the U disposed forwardly with a draft hitch element secured thereto and having longitudinal side portions spaced apart to straddle the widths of conventional snowmobiles, said frame being mounted and swingable upon a pair of spaced wheels revolvable on a transverse axis disposed adjacent the rear end of said U-shaped frame, a pair of horizontally aligned main support pads affixed to the rear portions of said frame sides somewhat rearwardly of said wheels and extending substantially inwardly thereof for engaging the convex forward bottom of said body when the frame is tilted to a position with its rear end close to the ground, a pair of opposed substantially horizontal hold-down and tensioning means affixed respectively to the sides of said frame and extending inwardly thereof and disposed forwardly of said wheel axis for engagement with and above said outturned running boards supplied by the snowmobile when said frame is tilted towards horizontal position from its initial downturned position for engagement with the convex bottom of said body, and an anchoring and tensioning medium including an element affixed to the forward portion of said frame for interlocking with a second element connected centrally with the rear of said body for upward lifting of said body relative to said frame and anchoring of said body in such lifted position thereby also tensioning said frame and said body with said body positioned substantially above original ground-supported position.