Expanding camper arrangement

• US 4,127,299 A
• Filed: 06/09/1976
• Issued: 11/28/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Calvin B. Blair
• Original Assignee: Calvin B. Blair
• Inventors: Blair, Calvin B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodman, Philip
• Application Number:
  US05/694,197
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• Field of Search: 296/23 R, 296/23 MC, 296/23 B
• US Class Current: 296/164
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/32 comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping, or like vehicles tents or canopies, in general E04H15/00

Abstract

A mobile camper arrangement is disclosed wherein two camper bodies of different shapes are mounted on the same towable trailer. One of the bodies is shaped to fit into outer recesses of the other body in order to effect maximum utilization of space on the trailer. Accordingly, a second camper body can be shaped to fit together with one that was previously purchased and which was specially shaped to fit snugly into the walled bed of a pickup truck. A useful combination is thus provided whereby the previously purchased camper body for a pickup truck does not have to lie unused or be disposed of when a larger mobile camper is needed.

Claims

1. A modular camper body comprising:

(a) a forward compartment having a floor, boundary walls and a ceiling which enclose living space for activity by a camping person residing in an upright position on said floor;

(b) second and third compartments which extend rearwardly from said forward compartment and lie to either side of an unenclosed median space;

(c) said modular camper body being adapted to engage with an overlying camper body in a fitted relationship with at least a portion of said forward compartment of said modular camping body residing forwardly of said overlying camper body; and

(d) said overlying camper body includes a front recess and side recesses, and a portion of said forward compartment is adapted to fit into said front recess and said second and third compartments are adapted to fit into said side recesses.

2. A modular camper body as in claim 1 wherein said forward compartment is sectionalized and has first and second sections, said first section having an upper elevational limit of utilizable space therein which is higher than that of said second section, said second section being adapted to fit in said front recess of an overlying camper body while said first section resides forwardly thereof.

3. A modular camper body having compartments that engage front and side recesses of an overlying camper body when the two bodies are placed end-to-end, said modular camper body comprising, in combination:

a. a forward compartment having first and second sections of utilizable space therein, said first section being located forwardly of said second section and having an upper elevational limit of utilizable space higher than that in the second,

b. second and third compartments which extend rearwardly from each end of said forward compartment and which have an upper elevational limit of utilizable space which is lower than that in the second section of said forward compartment, and

c. wherein said second section of the forward compartment and said second and third compartments of said modular camping body are adapted to closely fit into the front and side recesses of an overlying camper body with extension of said first section forwardly of the front recess therein.

4. A modular camper body as in claim 3 wherein said first compartment comprises a floor, boundary walls and a ceiling which enclose a living space for activity by a camping person in an upright position on said floor.

5. A modular camper body as in claim 3 wherein said forward compartment further comprises a third section of utilizable space located forwardly of said first section, the upper elevational limit of utilizable space in said third section being higher than that in said second section.

6. A camper arrangement comprising, in combination:

a. a horizontally disposed main frame having wheels mounted thereon toward each side,

b. a first camper body mounted on said frame, said first camper body having a sectionalized compartment with first and second sections of utilizable interior space therein, said first section being located forwardly of said second section and having an upper elevational limit of utilizable space at a higher level than that of said second section, the interior space of each of said sections being accessible from the other section, and

c. a second camper body mounted on said frame behind said first camper body, said second camper body having a sectionalized compartment with first and second sections of utilizable interior space therein, said first section of the second body being located rearwardly of said second section thereof and having a lower elevational limit of utilizable space at a lower level than that of the second section, and wherein said second section of the first camper body resides beneath said second section of the second camper body.

7. A camper arrangement as in claim 6 wherein said sectionalized compartment of the first camper body comprises a third section of utilizable space, said third section being located forwardly of said first section of the first camper body, and wherein the upper and the lower limits of utilizable space in said third section are above those of said second section of the first said body.

8. A camper arrangement comprising, in combination:

a. a horizontally disposed main frame having wheels mounted thereon toward each side,

b. a first camper body having a forward compartment, second and third compartments which extend rearwardly from each end of said forward compartment, each of said second and third compartments having an upright boundary wall, said boundary walls being spaced apart from each other laterally,

c. a second camper body of which at least a portion thereof resides rearwardly of said forward compartment of said first camper body and between said second and third compartments thereof, and

d. wherein the second camper body overlaps said forward, second and third compartments of said first body.

9. A camper arrangement comprising, in combination, first and second modular camping bodies which fit together end-to-end, said first camper body having forward, second and third compartments, said forward compartment including first and second sections therein and said second and third compartments extending rearwardly from said forward compartment, said first section being located forwardly of said second section and having an upper elevational limit of utilizable space greater than said second section, said second camper body having a front recess, side recesses, and a compartment with a front section that extends over said front recess and a rear section having a lower portion that lies between said side recesses, and wherein said second section of the first body resides within said front recess of the second body, said second and third compartments of the first body reside within said side recesses of the second body, and said first section of the forward compartment is located forwardly of said front recess.

10. A camper arrangement as in claim 9 wherein the upper limit of utilizable space in said first section of the forward compartment of said first body is at a higher level than said second section therein.

11. A camper arrangement as in claim 9 wherein said forward compartment encloses a living space for activity by a camping person in an upright position and second and third compartments are storage compartments.