Foldable mobile camper

Claim 1

A foldable mobile camper comprising: a trailer to be drawn by a motor vehicle; said trailer having a wheeled body with a continuous sidewall having an upper part and a lower part and defining an internal storage compartment; a lid hingeably attached to said body sidewall at a hinge axis and having an open position coextensive with said upper part of said body sidewall and a closed position engaging said upper part of said body sidewall to cover said storage compartment; a tent-like structure foldably attached to said lid and said upper part of said body sidewall deployable between a raised position when said lid is in its open position and a lowered position when said lid is in its closed position; a plurality of rigid support rods included in said tent-like structure pivotally attached to said upper part of said body sidewall having a pivot axis parallel to and in close proximity to said lid hinge axis; a mattress having one-half thereof secured to said lid and another half thereof supported by said upper part of said body sidewall with a foldable hinge line joining said mattress halves; said another mattress half supported by said upper part of said body sidewall includes a removable hatch providing access to said storage compartment; said lid includes an exterior surface and an inner surface, said mattress one-half attached to said inner surface and an accessories rack attached to said exterior surface; a tow bar secured to said wheeled body outwardly projecting beneath said lid when said lid is in its open position; and a vertical support carried on said tow bar engageable with said rack for supporting said lid in its open position.