Slide out for food trucks

• US 10,029,600 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2016
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Susan Nash
• Original Assignee: Susan Nash
• Inventors: Nash, Susan
• Primary Examiner(s): Blankenship, Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US15/262,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20170015232A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 296 2612, 296 2613, 296 2601, 296 2603, 296 2608, 296 2609
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/0257 the object being a vending stall, restaurant or food kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/34 the living accommodation being expansible, collapsible or capable of rearrangement B60P3/38 takes precedence; tents supported at least partially by vehicles E04H15/06

Abstract

An improved slide out for food trucks, recreational vehicles, buses, and trailers is described in which the slide out that extends from below to above the top of the vehicle'"'"'s wheels.

Claims

1. A slide out comprising:

said slide out delineated by a floor, a roof, a front wall, a rear wall, and a front, wherein said slide out has an interior;

a wheeled vehicle having a front, a rear, and two sides, wherein said vehicle has a wheel well with a wheel well top along said side of said vehicle and inside of which is a tire;

said slide out movably attached to said side of said vehicle via a bottom track and a top track that allow said slide out to move outwardly from said side of said vehicle and inwardly such that said slide out front is generally flush with said vehicle side;

wherein said bottom track is below said wheel well top and said top track is above said wheel well top;

wherein said wheeled vehicle further comprises a floor; and

wherein said slide out floor is lower than said wheeled vehicle floor.

2. The slide out of claim 1, further comprising a storage area between said wheeled vehicle floor and said slide out floor.

3. The slide out of claim 1, wherein said slide out floor is at a height such that a worker standing in said slide out on said slide out floor is at or near eye level with a customer standing outside said slide out on a roadway or on a curb.

4. The slide out of claim 1, wherein a step in the interior of said slide out allow access to said slide out interior for a worker inside said food truck.

5. A slide out comprising:

said slide out delineated by a floor, a roof, a front wall, a rear wall, and a front, wherein said slide out has an interior;

a wheeled vehicle having a front, a rear, and two sides, wherein said vehicle has a wheel well with a wheel well top along said side of said vehicle and inside of which is a tire;

said slide out movably attached to said side of said vehicle via a bottom track and a top track that allow said slide out to move outwardly from said side of said vehicle and inwardly such that said slide out front is generally flush with said vehicle side;

wherein said bottom track is below said wheel well top and said top track is above said wheel well top;

a front slot in said wheeled vehicle floor;

a rear slot in said wheeled vehicle floor;

wherein said front wall moves partially through said front slot when said slide out is moved outwardly or inwardly; and

wherein said rear wall moves partially through said rear slot when said slide out is moved outwardly or inwardly.