Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-31
2005-05-31
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S190080, C296S066000, C296S037600, C296S037150, C297S335000, C297S014000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06899379
ABSTRACT:
A sleeping compartment (10) for a truck is made up of a plurality of pre-assembled sections or modules including a first type (14, 14′, 14″) having one or more seats and a second type (16, 86, 86′ , 86″) having a bed. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a seat (60) is mounted on a sidewall (22, 22′, 22″) of the first type of module and includes a seat bottom (66) moveable from a substantially vertical stowed position against the side wall and a substantially horizontal deployed position. A seat support (34) mounted on the floor (20) is movable from a stowed position substantially flush with the floor of the first type of module to a deployed position protruding upwardly from the floor to support the seat bottom in the deployed position. The seat support is preferably a door panel covering a storage space (32) beneath the floor which is accessible from outside the sleeping compartment. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the bed (96, 96′) in the second type of module is moveable between a stowed position with its sleeping surface vertically oriented and an extended position with its sleeping surface horizontally oriented. The second type of module can also include a table (98) deployable from a bottom surface of the bed and one or more cabinets (94, 94′, 104, 106).
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Mack Trucks, Inc.
Pape Joseph D.
Rothwell, Figg Ernst & Manbeck, PC
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