Abstract: A cabin having sections of different cross sectional areas is displaceably mountable on a van. The cabin is constituted by an integral wall of a synthetic resin material and an aluminum skin covers the wall in the transition zones between abutting cabin sections of different cross sectional areas. A support jack is mounted on the cabin section fitting over the driver's cab of the van and associated with each cabin side wall, the support jacks being transversely adjustably positionable into an operating position outwardly adjacent the vehicle side walls.

Abstract: A van structure comprises an open-ended box-like main cabin, two box-like extension cabins received in a respective open end of the main cabin, longitudinally extending cable drives along the side walls of the main cabin and trained over pulley arrangements for slidingly guiding and moving the extension cabins for sliding movement relative to the main cabin and to each other whereby the extension cabins may be telescopingly moved into and out of the main cabin, and a utility unit in the main cabin centered between the opposite ends thereof and dividing the main cabin into two compartments adjacent the respective extension cabins, the utility unit defining a space with one of the side walls of the main cabin sufficient to permit passage of a person and including two load-bearing carrier elements spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction and facing the two open ends, the pulley arrangements being anchored to the carrier elements and the carrier elements being capable of sustaining the tensile force of

Abstract: A cabin construction comprises a main cabin and an extension cabin telescopingly received in an open end of the main cabin. A first guide arrangement glidably carries and guides the extension cabin for telescoping movement in relation to the main cabin and includes a cable line having two portions respectively extending in vertical planes parallel to the cabin side walls and a pair of superposed pulleys mounted near each side wall of the extension cabin near an open end thereof, each cable line portion being trained over a respective pair of pulleys in zigzag arrangement. A second guide arrangement guides the extension cabin parallel to the main cabin and includes a cable line having two portions extending horizontally parallel to the floor and roof, and two pairs of pulleys mounted on one wall of the extension cabin, the pulleys of each pair being arranged symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis and each cable line portion being trained over a respective pair of the pulleys in zigzag arrangement.

Abstract: A mobile home is comprised of two telescopingly interconnected box-like parts, the main home part running on wheels while the extension part may be glidably moved between a transport position and an extended position. A pair of superposed pulleys is mounted on each side wall of the extension part at the inner end thereof and the lower pulleys cooperate with guide rails in the main part so that they may run as rollers along the rails for glidably moving the extension part with respect to the main part. A cable is trained over each pair of pulleys in zigzag arrangement and the end portions of the cables are anchored respectively at the open end and the opposite end wall of the main part, the cables being tensioned between the anchors in the zigzag arrangement. A force-transmitting connection is provided between the end portions anchored at the end wall and, if desired, both end portions of the cables may be interconnected to form an integral cable.