Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Camper
Patent
1993-10-18
1995-01-24
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Camper
296164, 114344, 114352, B60P 3367
Patent
active
053837029
ABSTRACT:
A universal weather-tight pickup-truck camper-top configuration facilitating easy detatchment by the driver alone; plus, provision of an optional rentable component facilitating rapid one-man deployment into a trolling-skiff. The skiff's structure is divided into bow/stern sections, the stern-section forming the primary outer portion of the camper-top, the bow-section being concealably nested in stow-position directly thereunder;--giving a clean appearance belying the uniquely advantageous dual-purpose functionality. The sections nest inverted upon special slide-rails atop a pickups' existing sidewall-gunnels, enabling manual telescopic translation of the respective bow-sections aftward, for lowering to the ground where mid-ship flanges are easily deployed into aligned position by a single operator. A special vertically sliding midship keywayed channeled guillotine seat member, intimately locks the interfacing hull-section flanges in water-tight position. A detachably hinged camper/hatch-panel facilitates the camper's aft accessibility, and doubles as a boat-windshield; and rugged polycarbonate windows in both bow/transom-panels facilitate rear-viewing during camper-top mode.
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