Expandable camper apparatus

• US 4,109,954 A
• Filed: 11/24/1976
• Issued: 08/29/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard E. Wall
• Original Assignee: Richard E. Wall
• Inventors: Wall, Richard E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodman, Philip
• Application Number:
  US05/744,731
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 296/23 A, 296/23 G, 296/26, 296/24, 135/1 A, 135/3 A, 135/4 A
• US Class Current: 296/161
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/341 comprising flexible elements

Abstract

An expandable camper apparatus for use with a pick-up truck, the apparatus including a false floor for the pick-up bed with storage space therebeneath in which is stored a hinged, foldable floor member for a tent. To use the apparatus, the floor member is essentially removed from the pick-up bed, unfolded, and becomes the floor of a large tent constructed adjacent to the rear of the pick-up truck.

Claims

1. Apparatus for use with a pick-up truck having a pick-up bed, said apparatus including:

(a) a platform constructed and arranged to extend above and parallel to said pick-up bed and having a storage space therebelow and above said pick-up bed;

(b) a foldable floor member constructed and arranged for storage in said storage space in its folded state and being slidably mounted for entry and exit from said storage space from the rear of said pick-up truck;

(c) said foldable floor member comprising three panels, a middle one of said panels having hinges on both of its sides connected and arranged with the others of said panels so that a second of said panels folds flat against said middle panel and the third of said panels folds flat against said second panel on axes in the direction of the long axis of said pick-up bed, all of said panels presenting a flat floor when unfolded; and

(d) tent frame members constructed and arranged for placement upon said foldable floor member and adapted to receive tenting materials when said foldable floor member is in its unfolded state.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 including height-adjustable support means constructed and arranged for supporting said flat floor member to a selected height.

3. Apparatus for use with a pick-up truck having a pick-up bed, said apparatus including:

(a) a platform constructed and arranged to extend above and parallel to said pick-up bed and having a storage space therebelow and above said pick-up bed;

(b) a foldable floor member constructed and arranged for storage in said storage space in its folded state and being slidably mounted for entry and exit from said storage space from the rear of said pick-up truck;

(c) said foldable floor member comprising multiple panels hingedly connected and constructed and arranged, when in its unfolded state, to comprise a flat floor member.

(d) a mechanical quick-disconnect means between said foldable floor member and said truck.