Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
C296S205000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07000978
ABSTRACT:
An extremely light weight one-piece “thin-skin” molded RV body that can be manufactured without a heavy steel chassis frame, and which construction method minimizes costly hand labor . . . while lending itself to automated assembly line manufacturing processes as used in the automotive and sport boat industries. Aspects include a variable-height suspension system to decrease frontal area when towed, and which raises the body for use of slideouts; a streamlined storage nose cap that reduces air turbulence to increase fuel economy of the tow vehicle; pivoting road wheels to eliminate tire scrub on multiple axles; steerable wheels for backing in restricted areas; adjustable tongue weight sliding suspension; and a pivoting nose wheel to minimize tongue weight on the tow vehicle.
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