Motorcycle trailer

Claim 1

A trailer comprising a frame, disposed in a first longitudinal plane; a load bed attached to said frame; first and second trailing arms, one pivotally coupled at one end to opposite sides of said frame; a first upright supporting member affixed to and extending upwardly from each side of said frame; a shock absorber pivotally coupled between the opposite end of each said trailer arm and each said upright supporting member; a second upright supporting member rigidly affixed to and extending upwardly of each said trailing arm intermediately of the coupling of said trailing arm to said frame and the coupling between said shock absorber and said trailing arm; a semi-circular sector plate disposed adjacent to and in a substantially vertically parallel relationship with said upright supporting member; a Z-shaped strut rigidly affixed along a major portion of the length thereof to the surface of each said sector plate opposite said second upright supporting member, each said strut having an upper arm portion extending inwardly through said sector plate and being rotatably mounted through said second upright supporting member, and having an outwardly extending lower arm portion; a wheel hub affixed to the outer end of the lower arm portion of each said strut; a ground engaging wheel affixed to each said hub; and means for rotating each said sector plate with respect to the said second upright supporting member about the upper arm portion of said strut whereby said wheels are raised and and lowered with respect to the plane of said load bed thereby raising said load bed to an upper position for movement of said trailer and lowering said load bed to ground level for loading and unloading.