Trailer for snowmobiles

Claim 2

A trailer for carrying snowmobiles in tandem, comprising a supporting assembly having ground-engaging wheels, a supported assembly mounted on said supporting assembly comprising a deck, and means for securing snowmobiles in tandem on said deck with their loNgitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck comprising means for securing the forward end of a front snowmobile down on said deck, means for securing the rear end of the front snowmobile in elevated position spaced above said deck comprising an inverted U-shaped frame having laterally spaced uprights mounted on opposite sides of and extending upwardly from said deck, a transversely extending bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights and disposed above the elevated rear end of the front snowmobile, means for suspending the rear end of the front snowmobile from said transversely extending bar, means for securing a rear snowmobile down on said deck with its forward end nested under the elevated rear end of the front snowmobile, an axis extending transversely of said trailer for tipping said supported assembly, and means for locking said supported assembly in a first position in which said deck is substantially horizontal and for locking said supported assembly in position for loading in which the rear end of said deck is tilted adjacent ground level.

Claim 3

The trailer defined in claim 1, wherein said supporting assembly includes a longitudinally extending draft bar adapted to be connected to a towing vehicle, and said locking means includes a locking detent on said draft bar and a part on said supported assembly engageable with said locking detent to lock said supported assembly in position for loading as aforesaid, said locking detent including a plurality of notches spaced apart lengthwise of said draft bar, and pivoted clamping means for securing said part of said supported assembly in any selected one of said notches.

Claim 4

A trailer for carrying snowmobiles in tandem, comprising a supporting assembly having ground-engaging wheels, a supported assembly mounted on said supporting assembly comprising a deck, means for securing two front snowmobiles side by side on said deck with their longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck comprising means for securing the forward ends of said two front snowmobiles down on said deck, means for securing the rear ends of said two front snowmobiles in elevated positions spaced above said deck comprising an inverted U-shaped frame having laterally spaced uprights mounted on opposite sides of and extending upwardly from said deck, a transversely extending bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights and disposed above the elevated rear ends of said two front snowmobiles, means for suspending the rear ends of said two front snowmobiles from said transversely extending bar, means for securing two rear snowmobiles side by side on said deck respectively in tandem relationship with said two front snowmobiles and with their longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck and their forward ends nested under the elevated rear ends of said two front snowmobiles, an axis extending transversely of said trailer for tipping said supported assembly, and means for locking said supported assembly in a first position in which said deck is substantially horizontal and for locking said supported assembly in position for loading in which the rear end of said deck is tilted adjacent ground level.

Claim 5

A trailer for carrying snowmobiles in tandem, comprising a supporting assembly having ground-engaging wheels, a supported assembly mounted on said supporting assembly comprising a deck, means for securing two front snowmobiles side by side on said deck with their longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck comprising means for securing the forward ends of said two front snowmobiles down on said deck, means for securing the rear ends of said two front snowmobiles in elevated positions spaced above said deck comprising an inverted U-shaped frame having laterally spaced uprights mounted on opposite sides of and extending upwardly from said deck, a transversely extending bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights and disposed above the elevated rear ends of said two front snowmobiles, means for suspending the rear ends of said two front snowmobiles from said transversely extending bar, means for securing two rear snowmobiles side by side on said deck respectively in tandem relationship with said two front snowmobiles and with their longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck and their forward ends nested under the elevated rear ends of said two front snowmobiles, an axis extending transversely of said trailer for tipping said supported assembly, and means for locking said supported assembly in a first position in which said deck is substantially horizontal and for locking said supported assembly in position for loading in which the rear end of said deck is tilted adjacent ground level.

Claim 6

A trailer for carrying snowmobiles in tandem, said trailer having means for attachment to a towing vehicle and comprising a supporting assembly having ground-engaging wheels, a supported assembly mounted on said supporting assembly, said supported assembly being open-sided and open-topped and comprising a deck, means for securing two front snowmobiles side by side on said deck with their longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck comprising means for engaging and holding the front steering skis of said two front snowmobiles down on said deck, means for securing the rear ends of said two front snowmobiles in elevated positions spaced above said deck comprising an inverted U-shaped frame having laterally spaced uprights mounted on opposite sides of and extending upwardly from said deck, a transversely extending bar conneCting the upper ends of said uprights and disposed above the elevated rear ends of said two front snowmobiles, means depending from said bar for suspending the rear ends of said two front snowmobiles from said transversely extending bar, and means for securing two rear snowmobiles side by side on said deck respectively in tandem relationship with said two front snowmobiles and with their longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck and their forward ends nested under the elevated rear ends of said two front snowmobiles.

Claim 7

A trailer for carrying snowmobiles in tandem, said trailer having means for attachment to a towing vehicle and comprising a supporting assembly having ground-engaging wheels, a supported assembly mounted on said supporting assembly, said supported assembly being open-sided and open-topped and comprising a deck, means for securing two front snowmobiles side by side on said deck with their longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck comprising means for engaging and holding the front steering skis of said two front snowmobiles down on said deck, means for securing the rear ends of said two front snowmobiles in elevated positions spaced above said deck comprising an inverted U-shaped frame having laterally spaced uprights mounted on opposite sides of and extending upwardly from said deck, a transversely extending bar conneCting the upper ends of said uprights and disposed above the elevated rear ends of said two front snowmobiles, means depending from said bar for suspending the rear ends of said two front snowmobiles from said transversely extending bar, and means for securing two rear snowmobiles side by side on said deck respectively in tandem relationship with said two front snowmobiles and with their longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of said deck and their forward ends nested under the elevated rear ends of said two front snowmobiles.