Combination mobile shelter and separable recreational equipment carrying trailer

Claim 2

Transportable recreational equipment comprising, in combination, two separable wheeled trailers, one of which comprises an elongated frame adapted to be attached by it''s draft end to a motor vehicle, the second trailer being an independently fabricated rigid construction habitat so constructed as to be supported on said second trailer and permanently attached thereto, said second trailer having walls, floor and roof, said walls extending beYond the outer perimeter of said elongated frame of the first trailer and permanently attached to said roof structure and frame structure of said second trailer, and means coacting between said trailers for detachably connecting said second trailer to said first trailer, whereby said second trailer may be separated as an independent unit from said first trailer, said detachable connecting means comprising an axle locking device and a frame locking device, and removable locking pin means in combination with spring actuated alignment locking devices, whereby said removable locking pin means and devices form a part of and are permanently attached to one of said trailers.

Claim 3

A combination mobile shelter and separable trailer comprising a first trailer having a central draft beam supported proximate its rear on an axle having two wheels, a coupling extension on said beam extending rearwardly of said axle, load support means extending upwardly from said central draft beam, a second trailer having an axle supported on two wheels and secured proximate the rear of a frame for said second trailer, said second trailer having flooring of hinged bi-fold sections arranged with the axis of the hinges transversely of the trailer so that the sections fold compactly rearwardly of the wheel axle of said second trailer and kitchen and bedroom furniture fold against and into outer walls to clear the inner part of said second trailer to accommodate said first trailer with its vehicular load, and a unitizing means secured to the axle of said second trailer and adapted to receive the coupling extension of the beam within the means, and means locking the extension within the unitizing means and securing the two trailers as one with the load of said first trailer housed within said second trailer and both being pulled by the draft beam of said first trailer.

Claim 4

A combination mobile shelter and separable trailer comprising a first trailer having a central draft beam supported proximate its rear on an axle having two wheels, a coupling extension on said beam extending rearwardly of said axle, load support means extending upwardly from said central draft beam, a second trailer having an axle supported on two wheels and secured proximate the rear of a frame for said second trailer, said second trailer having flooring of hinged bi-fold sections arranged with the axis of the hinges transversely of the trailer so that the sections fold compactly rearwardly of the wheel axle of said second trailer and kitchen and bedroom furniture fold against and into outer walls to clear the inner part of said second trailer to accommodate said first trailer with its vehicular load, and a unitizing means secured to the axle of said second trailer and adapted to receive the coupling extension of the beam within the means, and means locking the extension within the unitizing means and securing the two trailers as one with the load of said first trailer housed within said second trailer and both being pulled by the draft beam of said first trailer.

Claim 5

A combination mobile shelter and separable trailer comprising a first trailer having a central draft beam supported proximate its rear on an axle having two wheels, a coupling extension on said beam extending rearwardly of said axle, load support means extending upwardly from said central draft beam, a second trailer having an axle supported on two wheels and secured proximate the rear of a frame for said second trailer, a unitizing means secured to the axle of said second trailer and adapted to receive the coupling extension of the beam within the means, overlapping slidable engaging means between the first and second trailer with mechanical actuated securing devices for locking side structural members of said trailers together, and means locking the extension within the unitizing means and securing the two trailers as one with the load of said first trailer housed within said second trailer and both being pulled by the draft beam of said first trailer.

Claim 6

A combination mobile shelter and separable trailer comprising a first trailer having a central draft beam supported proximate its rear on an axle having two wheels, a coupling extension on said beam extending rearwardly of said axle, load support means extending upwardly from said central draft beam, a second trailer having an axle supported on two wheels and secured proximate the rear of a frame for said second trailer, a unitizing means secured to the axle of said second trailer and adapted to receive the coupling extension of the beam within the means, overlapping slidable engaging means between the first and second trailer with mechanical actuated securing devices for locking side structural members of said trailers together, and means locking the extension within the unitizing means and securing the two trailers as one with the load of said first trailer housed within said second trailer and both being pulled by the draft beam of said first trailer.

Claim 7

A combination mobile shelter and separable trailer comprising a first trailer having a central draft beam supported proximate its rear on an axle having two wheels, a coupling extension on said beam extending rearwardly of said axle, load support means extending upwardly from said central draft beam, a second trailer having an axle supported on two wheels and secured proximate the rear of a frame for said second trailer, a unitizing means secured to the axle of said second trailer and adapted to receive the coupling extension of the beam within the means, and means locking the extension within the unitizing means, said locking means comprising uniform seated helical ridged devices, permitting close couple securing of the draft beam of said first trailer and unitizing means and securing the two trailers as one with the load of said first trailer housed within said second trailer and both being pulled by the draft beam of said first trailer.

Claim 8

A combination mobile shelter and separable trailer comprising a first trailer having a central draft beam supported proximate its rear on an axle having two wheels, a coupling extension on said beam extending rearwardly of said axle, load support means extending upwardly from said central draft beam, a second trailer having an axle supported on two wheels and secured proximate the rear of a frame for said second trailer, a unitizing means secured to the axle of said second trailer and adapted to receive the coupling extension of the beam within the means, and means locking the extension within the unitizing means, said locking means comprising uniform seated helical ridged devices, permitting close couple securing of the draft beam of said first trailer and unitizing means and securing the two trailers as one with the load of said first trailer housed within said second trailer and both being pulled by the draft beam of said first trailer.

Claim 9

A combination mobile shelter and separable trailer comprising a first trailer having a central draft beam supported proximate its rear on an axle having two wheels, a coupling extension on said beam extending rearwardly of said axle, load sUpport means extending upwardly from said central draft beam, a second trailer having an axle supported on two wheels and secured proximate the rear of a frame for said second trailer, a unitizing means secured to the axle of said second trailer and adapted to receive the coupling extension of the beam within the means, means locking the extension within the unitizing means and securing the two trailers as one with the load of said first trailer housed within said second trailer and both being pulled by the draft beam of said first trailer, and an environmental shield carried by each side of the bottom portion of the shelter trailer positioned to bear against the central draft beam to seal out road dust rain water and other foreign matter.

Claim 10

A combination mobile shelter and separable trailer comprising a first trailer having a central draft beam supported proximate its rear on an axle having two wheels, a coupling extension on said beam extending rearwardly of said axle, load sUpport means extending upwardly from said central draft beam, a second trailer having an axle supported on two wheels and secured proximate the rear of a frame for said second trailer, a unitizing means secured to the axle of said second trailer and adapted to receive the coupling extension of the beam within the means, means locking the extension within the unitizing means and securing the two trailers as one with the load of said first trailer housed within said second trailer and both being pulled by the draft beam of said first trailer, and an environmental shield carried by each side of the bottom portion of the shelter trailer positioned to bear against the central draft beam to seal out road dust rain water and other foreign matter.