Bicycle trailer

Claim 1

A trailer for use behind a bicycle, said trailer including a lower horizontal main frame having front and rear ends and a forward upstanding goose-neck including a lower end portion extending upwardly from said forward end and a forwardly projecting upper end portion, said upper end portion including hitch means for universal connection with the seat mounting portion of a bicycle and with said forward end portion extending rearwardly from said seat mounting portion over the rear wheel of said bicycle and said lower end portion extending downwardly behind said rear wheel, an upright standard having an upper end and a lower end mounted rigid with said rear end of said main frame, an upwardly opening load receiving receptacle including a bottom wall supported from and extending along said main frame, upstanding side walls extending upward from opposite longitudinal margins of said bottom wall and a rear wall extending upward from a rear margin of said bottom wall, said side and rear walls including interconnected upper marginal portions, at least the central portion of the upper marginal portion of said rear wall being anchored to said standard, at least the forward end portions of said side wall upper marginal portions being anchored to said goose-neck above said bottom wall, a pair of front-to-rear extending opposite side and laterally spaced apart wheel support arms including front ends anchored to the rear end of said main frame and rear ends provided with wheel mounting structures, a rear wheel disposed between said arms and journalled from said wheel mounting structures, and a pair of opposite side rearwardly and downwardly inclined elongated bracing members disposed on opposite sides of said wheel and including upper ends anchored relative to the upper end of said standard and lower ends anchored relative to the rear ends of the corresponding wheel support arms.