Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Variable capacity of body
Patent
1996-12-19
1998-08-04
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Variable capacity of body
74110, 74 8917, 296165, 296171, 296 2613, 384 40, B60P 305
Patent
active
057883068
ABSTRACT:
A trailer having a slideout mechanism for moving an extensible cabin between a retracted position wherein the cabin is substantially inside the trailer and an extended position wherein the cabin is substantially outside the trailer. The slideout mechanism comprising an extension assembly for positioning the cabin between the retracted and extended positions and a leveling assembly for vertically positioning the cabin floor between a raised position wherein the cabin floor is substantially above the trailer floor and a lowered position wherein the cabin floor is substantially level with the trailer floor. In one embodiment, the leveling assembly comprises a frame member having a predetermined profile for controlling the vertical movement of the outboard end of the cabin floor as the cabin is positioned between the retracted and extended positions. In other embodiments, the leveling assembly comprises a cam assembly or a riser assembly for controlling the vertical position of the cabin floor.
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Burns Marvin P.
DiBiagio Anthony J.
Martin Larry
Monaco Coach Corporation
Pape Joseph D.
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