Slideout room for vehicle

Details Slideout room for vehicle Slideout room for vehicle

1996-02-08

1997-06-03

Hoge, Gary C.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Camper

296175, 296176, 52 67, B60D 334

Patent

active

056346832

ABSTRACT:
An extendible slideout room having a roof, floor, and sidewalls is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position within a lateral wall of a vehicle such as a motorhome, a boat, or virtually any type of trailer. In the retracted position, the roof, floor and two side walls of the slideout room are disposed within the vehicle, with a third outer side wall positioned in sealed contact with the vehicle's lateral wall about the periphery of the slideout room. When extended, the slideout room's roof, floor and sidewalls project outwardly from the vehicle's lateral wall in sealed contact with the vehicle's wall. Elongated screws rotationally coupled to the slideout room's outer side wall at their respective distal ends are inserted through respective threaded fittings fixedly attached to the vehicle's lateral wall, with each screw disposed adjacent a respective corner of the room. A toothed sprocket is attached to the distal end of each screw, with the sprockets coupled together by means of an endless chain. A drive sprocket connected to a drive motor is also coupled to the chain for displacing the chain and rotating the screws in unison. Rotation of the drive sprocket in a first direction extends the slideout room, while rotation of the drive sprocket in a second, opposed direction retracts the room within the vehicle. The drive mechanism including motor, sprockets and chain are coupled to and move with the slideout room during extension and retraction.

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