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Slideout room for vehicle

  • US 5,634,683 A
  • Filed: 02/08/1996
  • Issued: 06/03/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For use in a vehicle having a plurality of first side walls, an arrangement comprising:

  • a slideout room disposed in an opening in one of said first side walls and including a floor, a ceiling, an end wall and a plurality of second side walls, said slideout room further including a plurality of corners defined by intersections of said floor and said ceiling with each of said second side walls;

    a plurality of elongated screws each disposed adjacent a respective corner of said slideout room and having a respective longitudinal axis oriented generally perpendicular to said one of said first side walls of the vehicle, each of said screws further including a distal end coupled to the end wall of said slideout room and a proximal end disposed in the vehicle;

    a plurality of threaded fittings attached to said one of said first side walls of the vehicle about the aperture therein, wherein each of said screws is threadably inserted in a respective one of said fittings;

    a plurality of sprockets coupled by means of an endless chain, wherein each of said sprockets is fixedly mounted to a proximal end of a respective one of said screws;

    drive means coupled to said endless chain for displacing said chain and rotating each sprocket and screw combination in a first direction for retracting said slideout room within the vehicle through the aperture therein or for rotating each sprocket and screw combination in a second, opposed direction for extending said slideout room out of the vehicle through the aperture therein, wherein said drive means is coupled to and moves with said slideout room; and

    a plurality of slide members extending between the distal and proximal portions of said slideout room for engaging said one of the vehicle'"'"'s first side walls adjacent the aperture therein for facilitating sliding displacement of the slideout room between the extended and retracted positions.

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