Camper slide-out having pivotable chairs

• US 20040239135A1
• Filed: 04/02/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Mehrer
• Original Assignee: Robert Mehrer
• Inventors: Mehrer, Robert
• Application Number:
  US10/815,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20040239135A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/26.13
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/14 rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access B60N2/10 , B60N2/2869 take precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/36 Auxiliary arrangements; Arrangements of living accommodation toilet or washing arrangements B60R15/00; Details

Abstract

A camper slide-out having pivotable chairs includes a slide-out for mounting into the side of a camper adapted so as to translate the slide-out laterally relative to the camper and above the side walls of a pickup truck when the slide-out is mounted into the camper and the camper is mounted into the bed of the pickup truck. At least one chair is pivotably mounted on in the slide-out for pivoting between a first alignment aligned fore-and-aft along the camper so that user sitting in said chair faces fore or aft, and a second alignment angularly pivoted by an angular displacement from the first alignment.

Claims

1. A camper slide-out having pivotable chairs comprising:

a slide-out for mounting into the side of a camper adapted so as to translate said slide-out laterally relative to the camper and above the side walls of a pickup truck when the slide-out is mounted into the camper and the camper is mounted into the bed of the pickup truck,

at least one chair pivotably mounted on pivot means in said slide-out for pivoting between a first alignment aligned fore-and-aft along the camper so that user sitting in said chair faces fore or aft, and a second alignment angularly pivoted by an angular displacement from said first alignment,

at least one chair including means for selectively translating in a translation direction said chair from a rearward position wherein a back surface of said chair is closely adjacent a wall of said slide-out, and a foreward position wherein said back surface of said chair has a clearance between it and said wall of said slide-out so that said chair may be pivoted between said first and second alignments without said back surface of said chair contacting said wall of said slide-out.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said wall of said slide-out is a fore or aft wall of said slide-out.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said at least one chair is a reclinable chair and wherein said clearance and said angular displacement aresufficient so that said chair may be reclined without said wall of said slide-out interfering with the reclining of said chair.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein said angular displacement is generally 45 degrees.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein said means for selectively translating said at least one chair includes a first slide member rigidly mounted under a seat of said at least one chair and a second slide member rigidly mounted to a pedestal, wherein said first and second slide members are mounted to one another so as to co-operate in sliding relative engagement.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein said pivot means includes means for rotatably mounting said second slide member onto said pedestal for rotation of said first and second slide members about a vertical axis of rotation.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein said first and second slide members are elongate and are aligned longitudinally parallel to said translation direction.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein said first and second slide members are respectively, at least one slide member slidably coupled onto at least one rail.

9. The device of claim 8 further comprising a selectively releasable latch for releasably locking said first slide member relative to said second slide member when said first slide member has been translated relative to said second slide member in said translation direction.

10. A camper and slide-out having pivotable chairs comprising:

a camper mountable into the bed of a pickup truck, and a slide-out for mounting into the side of a camper adapted so as to translate said slide-out laterally relative to the camper and above the side walls of a pickup truck when the slide-out is mounted into the camper and the camper is mounted into the bed of the pickup truck,

a chair pivotably mounted on pivot means in said slide-out for pivoting between a first alignment aligned fore-and-aft along the camper so that user sitting in said chair faces fore or aft, and a second alignment angularly pivoted by an angular displacement from said first alignment,

said chair including means for selectively translating in a translation direction said chair from a rearward position wherein a back surface of said chair is closely adjacent a wall of said slide-out, and a foreward position wherein said back Surface of said chair has a clearance between it and said wall of said slide-our so that said chair may be pivoted between said first and second alignments without said back surface of said chair contacting said wall of said slide-out.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein said wall of said slide-out is a fore or aft wall of said slide-out.

12. The device of claim 10 wherein said chair is a reclinable chair and wherein displacement is sufficient so that said chair may be reclined without said wall of said slide-out interfering with the reclining of said chair.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein said angular displacement is generally 45 degrees.

14. The device of claim 10 wherein said means for selectively translating said chair includes a first slide member rigidly mounted under a seat of said chair and a second slide member rigidly mounted to a pedestal, wherein said first and second slide members are mounted to one another so as to co-operate in sliding relative engagement.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein said pivot means includes means for rotatably mounting said second slide member onto said pedestal for rotation of said first and second slide members about a vertical axis of rotation.

16. The device of claim 15 wherein said first and second slide members are elongate and are aligned longitudinally parallel to said translation direction.

17. The device of claim 16 wherein said first and second slide members are respectively, at least one slide member slidably coupled onto at least one rail.

18. The device of claim 17 further comprising a selectively releasable latch for releasably locking said first slide member relative to said second slide member when said first slide member has been translated relative to said second slide member in said translation direction.