Trailer

Claim 1

A trailer for transporting bulk boxes loaded with fruit from fields and the like to a remote location comprising: a wheel assembly rotatably carried on an axle, a supporting horizontal frame carried adjacent one end by said wheel assembly, a hitch carried adjacent the other end of said frame for attachment to a vehicle capable of pulling said trailer, an elongated flat bed pivotally carried on said axle independently of said horizontal frame, said elongated flat bed including opposed elongated frame members on each side of the longitudinal centerline of the trailer, a plurality of spaced rollers disposed transversely between said opposed elongated frame members for supporting said bulk boxes, a retaining member carried adjacent a rear end of said flat bed in a vertical position for preventing said bulk boxes from rolling off flat bed when said flat bed is in a horizontal transporting position, latch means engaging said flat bed for maintaining said flat bed in a horizontal position when transporting said bulk boxes, means for releasing said latch means for allowing said flat bed to pivot on said axle to an unloading position where said rear end of said flat bed rests on the ground allowing said bulk boxes to roll off said flat bed, said axle positioned forward of the center of said flat bed so that when said bulk boxes are evenly positioned on said flat bed such pivots to the unloading position upon releasing said latch means, a counterweight on the front end of said flat bed for returning said flat bed to the horizontal position after said bulk boxes are unloaded, and linkage means coupled between said flat bed and said supporting frame for automaticAlly lowering said retaining means out of the path of said bulk boxes as said flat bed pivots to said unloading position.