Patents Assigned to Karavan Trailers, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20200262486
    Abstract: A trailer fender including at least one integrally formed, recessed storage well. The storage well may include a lockable cover. The cover may include a smooth or textured surface having a high coefficient of friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: KARAVAN TRAILERS, INC.
    Inventors: PATRIC SCHMIT, Joel Nehring, Joel McConville
  • Publication number: 20180093726
    Abstract: A utility trailer having outboard wheels, the trailer including a deck having a first height, a frame having an axle in which wheels attached to the axle have a second height, the second height extends a predetermined distance above the first height, opposed side panels are rotatably coupled to the frame, at least one of the opposed panels includes an opening having a third height, the third height being greater than the predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: KARAVAN TRAILERS, INC.
    Inventor: JOEL NEHRING
  • Patent number: 9932078
    Abstract: A utility trailer having outboard wheels, the trailer including a deck having a first height, a frame having an axle in which wheels attached to the axle have a second height, the second height extends a predetermined distance above the first height, opposed side panels are rotatably coupled to the frame, at least one of the opposed panels includes an opening having a third height, the third height being greater than the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: KARAVAN TRAILERS, INC.
    Inventor: Joel Nehring
  • Patent number: 6663130
    Abstract: A pontoon trailer travel kit minimizes transverse spaces between a pontoon boat trailer and the pontoons of a pontoon boat. The kit comprises a bunk bracket that is mountable to and adjustable along a lift arm of the trailer. A bunk assembly is fastened to and is adjustable on the bunk bracket in directions perpendicular to the directions of adjustment of the bunk bracket. A kit is installed on a lift arm on each side of the trailer. The kits are pre-set such that the bunk of each bunk assembly is in close proximity to a pontoon. The boat is substantially prevented from sliding laterally on the trailer. In a modified embodiment, only the bunk assembly is used, and it is clamped directly to the trailer lift arm. That embodiment is used with boats in which the pontoons are exceptionally closely spaced to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Karavan Trailers, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas A. Dray
  • Patent number: 6648360
    Abstract: A pontoon trailer travel kit minimizes transverse spaces between a pontoon boat trailer and the pontoons of a pontoon boat. The kit comprises a bunk bracket that is mountable to and adjustable along a lift arm of the trailer. A bunk assembly is fastened to and is adjustable on the bunk bracket in directions perpendicular to the directions of adjustment of the bunk bracket. A kit is installed on a lift arm on each side of the trailer. The kits are pre-set such that the bunk of each bunk assembly is in close proximity to a pontoon. The boat is substantially prevented from sliding laterally on the trailer. In a modified embodiment, only the bunk assembly is used, and it is clamped directly to the trailer lift arm. That embodiment is used with boats in which the pontoons are exceptionally closely spaced to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Karavan Trailers, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas A. Dray
  • Patent number: 6481737
    Abstract: A pontoon trailer travel kit minimizes transverse spaces between a pontoon boat trailer and the pontoons of a pontoon boat. The kit comprises a bunk bracket that is mountable to and adjustable along a lift arm of the trailer. A bunk assembly is fastened to and is adjustable on the bunk bracket in directions perpendicular to the directions of adjustment of the bunk bracket. A kit is installed on a lift arm on each side of the trailer. The kits are pre-set such that the bunk of each bunk assembly is in close proximity to a pontoon. The boat is substantially prevented from sliding laterally on the trailer. In a modified embodiment, only the bunk assembly is used, and it is clamped directly to the trailer lift arm. That embodiment is used with boats in which the pontoons are exceptionally closely spaced to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Karavan Trailers, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas A. Dray
  • Patent number: 5816616
    Abstract: A fender having an arcuate section and integral steps is mounted to a trailer frame. The fender arcuate section has a recessed pad. The steps are reinforced with ribs. A pair of fender brackets each having a horizontal center plate are secured to the trailer frame using bolts. The fender step ribs are placed on the fender bracket center plates and fastened thereto from under the fender brackets in a manner that hides the fasteners from normal view. The fender steps have cutouts that receive the bolts. The trailer spring hangers are sandwiched between the trailer frame and the fender brackets in a manner that enables the spring hangers and the fender brackets to be adjustably positioned on the trailer frame independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Karavan Trailers, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott A. Boyd
  • Patent number: D433352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Karavan Trailers, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott A. Boyd