Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Variable capacity of body
Patent
1997-04-11
1999-11-16
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Variable capacity of body
296165, 296 2613, B60P 335
Patent
active
059843969
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle having a slide-out room section includes an operating mechanism for moving the slide-out room section laterally relative to a stationary room section for expanding the interior volume of the vehicle. The slide-out room section has an outer end which is mounted via a vertically movable connection arrangement to the operating mechanism, and a cooperative support arrangement is provided for the inner end of the slide-out room section to enable the slide-out room section to be vertically dropped when fully extended to place the slide-out room section floor flush with the floor of the stationary room section. The cooperative support arrangement for the inner end of the slide-out room section raises the inner end of the slide-out room section when the slide-out room section is retracted, and the vertically movable connection arrangement enables the outer end of the slide-out room section to be raised upon retraction of the slide-out room section. Various embodiments are disclosed for providing vertical movement of the outer end of the slide-out room section relative to the extension member of the operating mechanism. The invention provides a flat floor arrangement for a slide-out room section without any significant modification to existing slide-out room section operating mechanisms.
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Applied Power Inc.
Pape Joseph D.
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