Stowable patio

• US 5,040,467 A
• Filed: 08/31/1990
• Issued: 08/20/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lanora G. King
• Original Assignee: Lanora G. King
• Inventors: King, Lanora G.
• Primary Examiner(s): ASCHENBRENNER, PETER
• Application Number:
  US07/577,061
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• Field of Search: 108/42, 108/44, 108/48, 108/63, 108/77, 5/118-119
• US Class Current: 108/42
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/34336 Structures movable as a whole, e.g. mobile home structures vehicles comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping or like vehicles B60P3/32

Abstract

A stowable patio for use with an RV having a pair of spaced-apart support members, each member carrying an inclined roller track, a platform disposed between the support members which carries rollers disposed adjacent the roller tracks, whereby its patio may be moved between a stored position and an extended position.

Claims

1. A stowable patio which is movable between a stored position and an extended position, comprising:

(a) a pair of spaced-apart support members disposed generally parallel to each other and generally horizontally, each of said support members having respective substantially vertical interior surfaces and exterior surfaces, and substantially horizontal upper surfaces, each of said interior surfaces disposed to face each other;

(b) first and second roller tracks, each respective roller track having a generally L-shaped cross-section of unitary construction which includes a first portion and a second portion which depends perpendicularly from said first portion, said first portion of said first roller track being attached to said interior surface of said first support member, said first portion of said second roller track being attached to said interior surface of said second support member, each of said second portions of each respective said roller track being inclined downwardly in the direction of travel from the stored position to the extended position for at least a portion of their length in relation to said upper surfaces of said support members, each of said second portions terminating in a non-inclined portion at their respective lowest ends;

(c) a first platform disposed between said support members, said platform being movable between the stored position and the extended position;

(d) a first leg, said first leg having a base, said base being secured to said platform, said first leg having a distal end extending outwardly from said base, said first leg carrying at least one roller rotatably secured to said distal end, said roller being disposed in contact with said second portion of said first roller track; and

(e) a second leg, said second leg having a base secured to said first platform, said second leg having a distal end extending outwardly from said first platform, said second leg carrying at least one roller rotatably secured to said distal end, said roller being disposed in contact with said second portion of said second roller track;

whereby said first platform may be moved between the stored position and the extended position while said rollers remain in contact with said respective portions of said roller tracks.

2. The patio of claim 1 further comprising a second platform pivotably connected to said first platform, said second platform being pivotable between a stored position and an extended position in relation to said first platform, whereby said second platform may be pivoted into an extended position when said first platform is also in an extended position.

3. The patio of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of legs extending downwardly from said platform.

4. The patio as claimed in claim 3 wherein said legs are movable between a stored position and an extended position.

5. The patio as claimed in claim 2 further comprising means for temporarily locking said second platform into said extended position in relation to said first platform.

6. The patio as claimed in claim 5 wherein said locking means comprises:

a) a first locking member secured to said first platform;

b) a second locking member aligned with said first locking member, said second locking members being secured to said second platform; and

c) locking means for engaging said first locking member and said locking member thereby preventing relative motion between said first and second platforms.

7. The patio as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a plurality of legs extending downwardly from said first and second platforms.

8. The patio as claimed in claim 2 wherein said second platform is pivotable in about an axis generally perpendicular to said support members.

9. The patio as claimed in claim 2 wherein said second platform is pivotable about an axis generally parallel to said support members.

10. The patio as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an enclosure disposed to contain said patio in said stored position.