Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-01
2005-03-01
Patel, Kiran (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
C296S168000, C296S164000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06860545
ABSTRACT:
A travel trailer having a two-level chassis supporting at least two discrete floor sections at at least two different heights above the ground with at least one of those floors having a bathroom portion being supported by an upper chassis beam is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the chassis has a substantially horizontal forward upper portion and a substantially horizontal rearward lower portion, and an upper floor is secured to the upper portion and a lower floor is secured to the lower portion with an intermediate floor positioned below the upper edge of the upper portion of the chassis to a height intermediate that of the upper and lower floors. In an alternative preferred embodiment, the intermediate floor is suspended below the upper chassis portion. The area underneath the intermediate section and above the bottom of the trailer defines a storage area that is not blocked or limited in size by the width of the chassis beams. In a more preferred embodiment, common fixed trailer accessories, such as gray and black water tanks, their related plumbing, trailer heaters and the like are clustered together within and near a limited section of the storage area, such as near the rear of the storage area, such that the majority of the storage area remains unoccupied. Accordingly, storage space within the storage area is optimized, and the full height of the storage area is available throughout the majority of the storage area to accommodate oversized objects.
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Harkins Terry L.
Ingram Anthony G.
Johnson Marion B.
B & B Homes Corp.
Ipsolon LLP
Patel Kiran
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