Trailers and Campers

These trailer and camper designs were found in patents from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s.

 
Dinette trailer
A portable diner for six tiny people. 1949
Camp trailer
A "design for an automobile trailer body." A classic, teardrop shaped design for a camper. 1936
Pop-up camper
A pop-up camper trailer with style. 1954
Teardrop camper
A camping trailer design for the Alma Trailer Company of Michigan. 1936
Brent mobile building design
A 1920's design for a mobile building. 1926
Schult camping trailer
In 1934 Walter O. Wells and Wilbur Schult produced their first Schult mobile home in Elkhart, Indiana. Today Schult is a builder of manufactured housing. The spacious covered wagon design shown here features a moon roof, dinette and ample storage. 1939
Eldridge camping trailer
A classic design for a camping trailer that features a dinette, bench seating and two sinks, which seems an excessive luxury in a trailer of this size. 1950
Trailer design
An ornamental design for a trailer. 1935
Screen camper
A hard-top camper with detachable faces to let the breeze in. 1936
Pill trailer
Trailer. Take two and call me in the morning. 1951
Trailer
Trailer. In 1934 car camping is growing in popularity. 1934