Camper storage stand

Claim 1

A support apparatus for use in conjunction with a camper carriable by a conveying vehicle, said camper having at least two sides and a generally planar bottom; said support apparatus comprising: a support comprising: a pair of opposing end elements each comprising: a pair of vertical members each having a lower ground abutting end and an upper end opposite said lower end; a horizontal cross member perpendiculary affixed to and connecting said upper ends of said vertical members; and an upwardly opening socket means on each of said vertical members adjacent said upper ends of said vertical members; and a pair of connecting elements each comprising: a pair of vertical legs dimensioned to be received one each in one of said socket means on said vertical members, said vertical legs each having an upper end; and a horizontal side member perpendiculary affixed to said upper ends of said vertical legs; wherein said cross and side members each include an upper surface for receiving said camper bottom thereon when said vertical legs are received in said socket means, said upper surfaces being substantially coplanar and together defining a rectangular shape generally conforming to the peripheral dimensions of said camper bottom; and a plurality of jacks disposable about said support and engageable with said camper sides for moving said camper with respect to said vehicle, said jacks being of the type conventionally employed for supporting said camper above the ground when said camper is not carried by said vehicle; wherein said support is collapsible from a state in which it supportively abuts against said camper bottom when said camper is not carried by said vehicle, so as to ease a significant portion but not all of the load of said camper on said jacks, thereby avoiding buckling of said camper sides by said jacks when said jacks stabilize the resting of said camper bottom on said support.