CARAVAN FOLDING BODY Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: car multi-purpose cargo-and-passenger trailers. SUBSTANCE: caravan body has base 1, end face walls 8,9 whose lower parts 10 and 11 are rigidly secured on base and upper parts 12 and 13 are hinge-mounted on lower parts for turning inwards into travelling position. Scoop-shaped side walls 4 and 5 are hinge-mounted on base sides for turning inwards into travelling position. Length of side wall 4 is greater than length of wall 5 to embrace wall 5 when folding into travelling position. End face door has upper part 25 and lower part 24. These parts are secured, respectively, on upper and lower parts of end face wall 9. End face walls in zones of connection with side wall 4 have outside sealing ribs. Width of upper part 13 of end face wall 9 with of rib. Height of lower part 11 of end face wall 9 is greater than height of lower part 10 of end face wall 8 by value equal to thickness of upper part 12 of end face wall 8. Roof 19 is hinge- secured on side wall 4 for turning around upper edge of side part of side wall. Roof is made in form of box which embraces upper edges of side and end face walls in operating position and can be fixed relative to walls; in travelling position roof is arranged with its outer surface on outer surface of side part of wall 4. Side walls 4 and 5 in operating position are inclined to plane of base installed on side boards of standard load trailer. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 3 dwg