Travel lock for vehicle slide-out

Details Travel lock for vehicle slide-out Travel lock for vehicle slide-out

2007-06-26

2007-06-26

Morrow, Jason (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Camper

C296S171000, C296S175000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11039015

ABSTRACT:
A gear operated pivoting travel lock secures a slide-out section of a vehicle in a retracted position. The travel lock includes a gear box, containing two mating worm gears, that mounts to a wall of the slide-out section. The drive gear is mounted at the end of an operating member and the driven gear is mounted to an axle. Two pivot arms are mounted at the ends of the axle. Turning the operating member, preferably by a handle member, rotates the drive gear to mesh with the driven gear. As the driven gear rotates, the pivot arms swing out from a collapsed position to an engaged position. When the slide-out section is retracted within the vehicle, a pressure pad at the end of the pivot arms clamps against an interior surface of the vehicle wall. When the travel lock is collapsed the slide-out section can be moved between the retracted and extended positions.

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patent: 2006/0125265 (2006-06-01), Kunz

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