Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Camper
Patent
1988-10-25
1989-10-17
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Camper
52 796, 52184, 182 88, 280166, B60R 302
Patent
active
048741973
ABSTRACT:
A retractable porch for use on motor homes, travel trailers and mobile homes is mounted for movement between erected and collapsed positions. In a first embodiment, a porch frame supports a porch platform and has side members which terminate in attachment struts. A pair of spaced parallel frame rails are secured to the vehicle frame, beneath a door, on the underside of the vehicle. The frame rails are formed from tubular members dimensioned to receive the porch attachment strut members. A pair of porch side railings are secured along perpendicular edges of the porch frame by hinges for movement between a collapsed horizontal position and an erected vertical position. A pair of vertically extending tubular sockets on a side wall of the vehicle for receive the porch attachment strut members during transportation of the vehicle. In a second embodiment, the parallel frame rails are formed from channel beam members which form a horizontal guide track in which the porch platform is mounted for reciprocal sliding movement between extended and retracted positions. A first stationary porch side railing is secured in a vertical position, extending parallel to a side wall of the vehicle. When in a retracted position, the stationary porch side railing serves as a security gate to prevent unauthorized access through the vehicle door.
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Kearns Jerry T.
Song Robert R.
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