Camping trailer

Abstract

Abstract A picnicking and camping trailer adapted to be towed behind a vehicle such as a passenger automobile, pick-up truck or other vehicle. The picnic and camping trailer has a closed compartmentized body box having a plurality of separate compartments of varying sizes adapted to receive the various articles required for picnicking, camping or other recreational expeditions, such for example as a tent, bedrolls, cooking utensils, cold and normal temperature foods storage compartments, eating equipment, fishing and other sporting equipment, and all of the miscellaneous items or gear that are required. The compartmentized body box has separate compartments of approximate sizes to separate the wet from the dry articles, and the rough articles such as tents from the food, cooking utensils etc. The upper side, and preferably the back walls also of the camping and picnicking trailer are hinged along their bottom edges along horizontal axes to fold out and provide tables positioned at approximately 26 inches to 30 inches above ground level for the preparation and serving of food and for other purposes. The lower side walls beneath the table forming walls are hingedly mounted on laterally movable guides extending transversely of the camping trailer, and are movable outwardly and may be turned from vertical positions closing the lower side openings of the camping and picnicking trailer to horizontal positions spaced laterally beyond the outer edges of the upper side walls when in the horizontal table forming position to provide benches approximately 16 inches to 18 inches above ground level and extending along the sides of the table and positioned at comfortable distances beyond the outer edges of the tables when in the horizontal positions to facilitate eating at the tables. The bench forming members can be moved to the inner or travelling position and the upper table forming side walls can be hinged downwardly to the vertical position to permit ready access to the sides of the trailer to facilitate loading or unloading of the individual compartments of the body box. The space on top of the camping trailer may be flat and may be used for many purposes such as sleeping, carrying of articles which for any reason cannot conveniently be positioned in any of the compartments, such for example as dead animals resulting from a hunt.

Inventors

• 👤 J Grier

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