Abstract: A housing and trailer system comprising a trailer and a housing. The housing includes a lower housing and an upper housing and may be positioned on friction-reducing members that reduce friction between the housing and trailer. The reduction of friction facilitates the housing to slide more efficiently on the trailer. A safety lever and linkage system operates to safely move roof support structures and raise/lower the upper housing. An adjustable cargo system is attached to a roof on the housing. The adjustable cargo system is adjustable to receive and/or secure different sizes of cargo.

Abstract: A patio that is pivotable over a ramp door via hinges fixed with respect to the ramp door. The patio has a wall that is pivots to align a catch plate to a kingpin. The kingpin is for being secured to the ramp door. The kingpin has a major diameter, an undercut, and a shoulder near a distal end. The shoulder is spaced from the ramp door when the kingpin is affixed to the ramp door. The catch plate is moveable to the kingpin so that the slot receives the undercut of the kingpin and the catch plate is retained between the shoulder of the kingpin and ramp door when the undercut is in the first slot.

Abstract: A sliding retractable deck assembly is provided for use with recreational-type vehicles. The deck is adapted for use adjacent to and below the vehicle side door and is retractable by sliding back into place under the vehicle so as to be totally out of view and allow total use of vehicle door and all other components of said vehicle. A plurality of individually-adjustable ground-engaging leg members providing at least nine points of support for the deck thus allowing placement of the deck on uneven or sloping ground, while avoiding undue stressing of either the deck assembly or structural components of the vehicle.

Abstract: Described herein is a mobile home 1 being a caravan, recreational vehicle or the like that includes an outdoor deck section 3 that pivots from the main structure 2. When in an open configuration, the deck 3 is available for use and, when being moved, the deck portion 3 is moved to integrate with the main structure 2.

Abstract: Described herein is a mobile home 1 being a caravan, recreational vehicle or the like that includes an outdoor deck section 3 that pivots from the main structure 2. When in an open configuration, the deck 3 is available for use and, when being moved, the deck portion 3 is moved to integrate with the main structure 2.

Abstract: A sliding retractable deck assembly is provided for use with recreational-type vehicles. The deck is adapted for use adjacent to and below the vehicle side door and is retractable by sliding back into place under the vehicle so as to be totally out of view and allow total use of vehicle door and all other components of said vehicle. A plurality of individually-adjustable ground-engaging leg members providing at least nine points of support for the deck thus allowing placement of the deck on uneven or sloping ground, while avoiding undue stressing of either the deck assembly or structural components of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle has a roof with a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall. The roof has a rearward section with small openings and a forward section with one large opening. A deck has an upper and a lower surface. The deck is located above the rearward section of the roof. Support members are vertically oriented and extend through the small openings in the roof. Each support member has a top and a bottom with each bottom coupled to the floor. Each top is coupled to the deck. The support members have a length to hold the entire deck a fixed distance above the top of the roof. The cross sectional area of each support member is a percentage of the cross sectional area of each small opening.

Abstract: An extendible secondary living space for a vehicle. The extendible living space may move from a retracted position in which it is substantially integrated within or in close proximity to a primary living space of the vehicle, to an extended position in which it provides an open-air porch or balcony accessible from the primary living space. The extendible living space may be extended from any wall of the vehicle, such as a side wall or rear wall, and may be particularly well suited for use in motorized recreational vehicles.

Abstract: A collapsible trailer including a base, a shell hingedly secured to said base, wherein said shell engages with said base to form a sealed vessel when said trailer is in a closed position, a rear wall hingedly secured to said base, wherein said rear wall is entirely contained within said shell and said base when said trailer is in said closed position, a rear deck hingedly secured to said base, wherein said deck is entirely contained within said shell and said base when said trailer is in said closed position, a coupling means secured between said rear wall and said rear deck for transferring forces between said rear deck and said rear wall, and wherein said rear wall, said shell, and said base generally define a first room when said trailer is in said open position.

Abstract: A trailer deck system includes a housing that includes a bottom wall, a top wall and a perimeter wall extending between the top and bottom walls. The perimeter wall includes at least one door to access an interior of the housing. The perimeter wall includes a lateral wall. A panel has a rear edge, a front edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, a top side and a bottom side. The rear edge is hingedly coupled to the perimeter wall to allow the panel to be moved between a stored position vertically orientated with the top side facing the lateral wall and an extended position extending outwardly from the lateral wall and is horizontally orientated. A motor assembly is mechanically coupled to the panel. The motor assembly moves the panel to the extended position or the stored position when the motor assembly is actuated.

Abstract: A mat device for a recreational vehicle is disclosed comprising a mat configured to be utilized on a ground surface near the recreational vehicle. The mat device includes a roller unit having a rotatable bar disposed between a first end opposite a second end. The rotatable bar is coupled to a first caster device at the first end and to a second caster device at the second end. The mat is configured to couple to and roll upon the rotatable bar. The mat device includes a storage unit having a top wall opposite a bottom wall, a first side wall opposite a second side wall, and a cap opposite a back wall with a track coupled to an interior of the storage device. The track is configured to receive the first and second caster devices of the roller unit. The storage unit is located on the recreational vehicle.

Abstract: A retractable patio assembly for a recreational vehicle has a platform member pivotally attached to a wall structure of the recreational vehicle and pivotable between a stored and an extended position. Attachment to the wall structure enables adjustable vertical movement of a rear edge of such patio assembly. A pair of adjustable supports are provided at a front edge. In another embodiment, the patio assembly is received within a pair of laterally spaced track members for storage under the recreational vehicle.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle is disclosed providing living space extensions with improved actuation and alignment systems, sun deck extensions, a deployable stairway, and a stowable tub. In some embodiments, the living space extension may be actuated by at least one self-centering rack and pinion system. In another embodiment, the alignment system may provide at least one tension cord for maintaining the extension in an upright position. The sun deck extension may be provided with actuatable sidewall panels configured to provide a parapet on at least a portion of the extension. The stairs may be provided with sliding treads coupled to a stringer, and the tub may be retractable and configured with a retractable bed and cover.

Abstract: A deck for use with a vehicle having a frame includes a platform. The platform has opposite upper and lower surfaces. The platform is operatively coupled to the frame of the vehicle for selective movement between a storage position, wherein the upper surface is disposed substantially underneath the vehicle and a use position wherein the upper surface is disposed alongside the vehicle for ingress and egress thereon. A stabilizer extends from the lower surface for supporting the platform above the ground while in the use position. The stabilizer is selectively height adjustable to maintain the upper surface in a generally horizontal position.

Abstract: A slide-out deck for a recreational vehicle such as a fifth wheel travel trailer with the deck being supported from the frame of the vehicle. The deck is slidably movable between a retracted position beneath the vehicle to an extended position at one side of the vehicle. The deck is movable either manually or by an electric gear motor or the like. A folding step is provided on the outer end of the deck which is movable between stowed and operative positions.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle foldable deck includes supports adapted for attachment to a structural frame of a recreational vehicle. “L” shaped members are provided. A first end of each of the “L” shaped members is fixedly secured in spaced relation to the platform. A second end of the “L” shaped members is pivotally secured to one of the supports. This enables the platform to be pivotally movable from a substantially vertical stored position parallel to the one side of the recreational vehicle to a substantially horizontal operative position resting at a ground surface.

Abstract: A portable camping deck comprises a plurality of panels adjacently aligned and coupled via hinges affixed therebetween. A plurality of rollers are affixed about the lateral margins of the plurality of panels and are aligned with a pair of guide rails, the guide rails receiving and housing the rollers. A pair of housings affixed to the undercarriage of a vehicle and in mechanical communication with the guide rails so as to receive the plurality of rollers for collapsible storage of the deck beneath the vehicle.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle foldable deck includes supports adapted for attachment to a structural frame of a recreational vehicle. “L” shaped members are provided. A first end of each of the “L” shaped members is fixedly secured in spaced relation to the platform. A second end of the “L” shaped members is pivotally secured to one of the supports. This enables the platform to be pivotally movable from a substantially vertical stored position parallel to the one side of the recreational vehicle to a substantially horizontal operative position resting at a ground surface.

Abstract: A combination trailer and ramp assembly (20) is provided. The combination trailer and ramp assembly includes a trailer (24) having a floor assembly (30) including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a length. The trailer further includes first and second sidewalls (32) extending from the floor assembly, and a side door (34) located in at least one of the first and second sidewalls. The combination trailer and ramp assembly further includes a ramp assembly (26) slidably disposed on the lower surface of the trailer for reciprocating movements between a stowed position, where the ramp assembly is stowed underneath the floor assembly, and a deployed position, where the ramp assembly extends along an axis substantially parallel to the length of the floor assembly to permit access to the side door of the trailer.

Abstract: An extendable deck assembly for providing a retractable deck for owners of recreational vehicles. The extendable deck assembly includes a frame adapted for coupling to an underside of the trailer. A first panel assembly is slidably coupled to the frame. A second panel assembly is slidably coupled to the first panel assembly. The first panel assembly slides outwardly from the trailer in a first direction and the second panel assembly slides outwardly from the first panel assembly in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction whereby the first and second panel assemblies form a deck extending along a side of the trailer.

Abstract: A portable stage having at least a transport configuration and a deployed configuration is disclosed. The portable stage includes a chassis having wheels rotatably attached thereto and a main floor panel attached to the chassis. First and second deployable floor panels are pivotally attached to the main floor panel, and a deployable canopy is attached to the chassis. The deployable canopy is stored between the first and second floor panels when the portable stage is in its transport configuration. When the stage is deployed, the main floor panel, first floor panel and second floor panel form a main stage, and the canopy is large enough to cover the main stage.

Abstract: A new retractable deck for recreational vehicles for providing a deck for use with recreational vehicles. The inventive device includes a plurality of sliding rails secured to an underside of a vehicle. The sliding rails each have an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion is secured to the underside of the vehicle. Each outer portion is slidably disposed within each inner portion. Free ends of each outer portion have a support leg pivotally secured thereto. The support leg is positioned interiorly of the outer portion in a retracted orientation and essentially perpendicular to the outer portion in an extended orientation. A deck portion is removably securable to and extends across the plurality of sliding rails.

Abstract: Decking systems for recreational vehicles are disclosed as well as methods of assembling the decking systems. One of the disclosed system provides a rectangular deck which contains a plurality of elongated side-by-side disposed boards. The deck has an inner edge for attachment to the exterior of a recreational vehicle. The inner edge is formed by a plurality of the ends of the plurality of side-by-side disposed boards. The system also includes an inner edge support for attachment to the exterior of the motor vehicle which receives the plurality of the board ends to support the deck's inner edge. In addition, the system has a frame for maintaining the plurality of boards in side-by-side disposition, and for cooperating with the inner edge support to secure the deck defined by the boards to the recreational vehicle. The deck is also provided with support legs for supporting the deck so that it is generally level, and at an elevated position relative to the surface supporting the motor vehicle.

Abstract: The deck system includes a generally rectangular platform hingedly securable along an edge to a bottom edge of a recreational vehicle for pivotal movement between an extended position in which it lies substantially horizontally along a side of the recreational vehicle and a retracted position in which it lies in a substantially vertical position adjacent the side of the recreational vehicle; a plurality of platform support members pivotally attached to a bottom of the platform adjacent an edge remote from the platform edge hingedly securable to the recreational vehicle and engageable with the ground to support the platform in its extended position; a pair of lifting motors pivotally connected to opposite side edges of the platform and pivotally connectable to the recreational vehicle for moving the platform between its retracted and extended positions; and a remote control device for remotely controlling the lifting motors.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle is equipped with a portable platform which lies alongside the vehicle upon the ground in its deployed position and which is stowed beneath the vehicle during transport. The platform is moved between the stowed and the deployed position with a reversible motor. Manual deployment is possible in the event of absence of power for the motor. Energy storage means are used to reduce the required motor capacity. The platform may be made of multiple hinged elements suitable for unfolding on the ground in the deployed position and folding together in a stacked arrangement in the stowed position. A ramp is provided for wheelchair access to the platform.

Abstract: A deck for a mobile home is supported on the undercarriage of the mobile home to roll in and out between a retracted position in which the deck is wholly located beneath the mobile home and an extended position in which the deck extends laterally from the mobile home. Channels secured to the frame of the mobile home receive wheels on opposite sides of the deck. The deck has fold up rollers on its leading end which roll along the ground and elevate the deck above the ground. Each roller is carried on a leg which is adjustable in its length.

Abstract: A retractable porch for use on motor homes, travel trailers and mobile homes is mounted for movement between erected and collapsed positions. In a first embodiment, a porch frame supports a porch platform and has side members which terminate in attachment struts. A pair of spaced parallel frame rails are secured to the vehicle frame, beneath a door, on the underside of the vehicle. The frame rails are formed from tubular members dimensioned to receive the porch attachment strut members. A pair of porch side railings are secured along perpendicular edges of the porch frame by hinges for movement between a collapsed horizontal position and an erected vertical position. A pair of vertically extending tubular sockets on a side wall of the vehicle for receive the porch attachment strut members during transportation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A porch adapted for use with a mobile living unit. The porch is moveable from a traveling position wherein the base is disposed generally under the mobile living unit to a support position wherein the base extends a distance from one side of the mobile living unit.

Abstract: Storable stairway and platform apparatus for recreational vehicles including a horizontal channel member mounted to the side or end of a vehicle beneath and extending to the side of the door, the channel member reciprocally receiving a pair of slider members; a platform pivotally engaging the slider members; and a stairway pivotally engaging the platform. The stairway is provided with a pair of opposing scissor linkages for folding the steps of the stairway into compact parallel abutment with one another and with the platform. The platform and stairway laterally slide away from the door and are pivotal into a vertical position for storage against the outside wall of the vehicle. The scissor linkages provide for unobstructed steps in addition to superior compact storage. Adjustable levelers are provided on each of the opposing scissor linkages to accommodate for uneven ground support. A novel bannister foldable and attachable to the side of the platform may also be provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective entranceway contained in the outer door of a van, trailer or other shelter means. In one mode our device takes the form of a door operable about a vertical hinge line, and although thicker than an ordinary door, it serves in the manner of an ordinary door to provide closure for the shelter means at such time as no contamination is present. A platform is contained on the outer portion of our door, which is enabled to swing downwardly at the time of a contamination alert. A canopy that had been contained in the door in a folded condition is caused by downward movement of the platform to deploy and form a closed entranceway serving in a second mode of use to prevent contaminated air from entering the shelter means.

Abstract: This sliding patio for travel trailers and mobile homes consists primarily of a pair of channel members secured to the underside of the vehicle chassis, and the channel members slideably receive a frame, which is the patio deck. The frame includes hinged hand rails, which are held upright by removable hand rail brackets and the structure further includes an indoor-outdoor carpet secured to a marine plywood base, and a pair of removable and adjustable caster units provide support for the front end of the structure when it is extended outward of the channel members.

Abstract: A fold-up step assembly adapted to be attached to the rear of a mobile vehicle having a rear door, such as a camper, including a preferably rectangular platform which may be pivotally mounted at one edge to the rear of a camper at the foot of the camper rear door, a rigid step structure pivotally mounted to another edge of the platform, the platform being foldable against the rear door of the camper and the steps foldable against the underside of the platform for storage. A latch assembly for holding the platform in a folded up position includes means for releasing the platform from inside the camper. Mounted beneath the steps is a second latch assembly which holds the step structure against the underside of the platform during storage and includes a release lever mechanism which may be pivoted to release the step structure so it may be swung free from the platform for use.

Abstract: A motor coach the major portion of the interior which comprises businessman's conference and sales promotion room occupying the rear end of the coach and much of its length and the remainder of which includes living facilities for the driver. The rear end of the coach comprises transparent panels one of which slides to provide an entrance. A protective device covers the exterior of these panels when the display room is not in use and shifts to a horizontal position at other times to provide an access for the entrance.

Abstract: A retractable patio assembly is provided for use with recreational-type vehicles. The patio is adapted for use placement in a horizontal attitude in front of and below a vehicle door and is foldable and retractable to a stowed position parallel to a vehicle side wall and laterally displaced from the use position so as to allow free door access. A plurality of individually-adjustable, ground-engaging leg members each provide at least two points of support for the patio floor thus allowing placement of the patio on uneven or sloping ground, while avoiding undue stressing of either the patio assembly or structural components of the vehicle.