Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Camper
Patent
1979-12-27
1981-04-14
Silverstrim, John P.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Camper
4483, 105377, 296165, 296172, 296157, B60P 300
Patent
active
042616131
ABSTRACT:
A van having a forward cab section and a rear passenger/cargo section is convertible to a tall wall pickup or camper shell configuration by an overhead door or roof panel which is movable from a position overlying and covering an overhead roof opening to an upstanding vertical position. The movable roof panel defines a partition between the cab section and the rear passenger/cargo section, thereby providing a tall wall, open cargo area or camper conversion space. The van is equipped with a side wall door opening and docking receptacles for receiving stub tow bar beams of a trailer vehicle wherein the trailer can be towed by the van to a camping location, uncoupled from the rear of the van and docked into engagement with the side wall door opening, thereby augmenting the living space within the van through its side door opening. The living space within the van is further augmented by moving the overhead roof panel section to its upstanding position and covering the roof opening with a boat in an inverted position, or with a flexible, waterproof covering draped over arched supports. The living space within the van is further augmented by a retractable deck panel which is movable along the longitudinal axis of the van to extend the van floor. In this arrangement, the rear doors are engagable with the deck panel in its extended position to form upstanding side walls. Each rear door is provided with a retractable door panel which is movable from a fully retracted position in which it is totally enclosed within the door to a fully extended position, and each retractable door panel is pivotally mounted for swinging movement for closing engagement with the deck panel, thereby defining a rear closure for the augmented passenger/cargo space. An additional roof panel section is mounted for pivotal movement from a position overlying the van interior to a position overlying the deck panel and is engagable with the top edges of the rear doors, thereby completely enclosing the augmented passenger/cargo space.
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Griggs Dennis T.
Silverstrim John P.
Weaver Ross
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