Abstract: A scissors actuated slide-out apparatus including a slidably expandable and retractable slide-out frame cooperating with a parent RV main frame to form a drive compartment into which is mounted a powered scissors drive mechanism including a plurality of scissors linkages pivotally joined with a drive screw interposed between opposing pivots such that rotation of the screw expands or retracts the scissors thereby expanding or retracting the slide-out. The drive mechanisms' extruded nature enables relatively simple installation and removal as well as cost efficient maintenance thereof.

Abstract: A tent camper with a lateral slide-out room. The tent camper includes a camper main body that is pulled in a longitudinal direction by a towing vehicle. A roof, aligned above the camper main body, is movable between a lowered, storage position and a raised, camping position. A lateral slide-out room is coupled to the camper main body. The lateral slide-out room is movable in a lateral direction between a retracted, storage position and an extended, operational position, thereby allowing additional living space to be provided to persons within the tent camper.

Abstract: An improved folding trailer includes a base member supported by a pair of wheels with a top member movably connected to the base member. A plurality of extendable support units is mounted on the base member and can be hydraulically driven to extend the top member. The hydraulic system is connected to the extendable support units through pulleys and cables and includes a pressure-compensated flow control valve system for hydraulically limiting the retraction rate of these extendable support units.

Abstract: An expandable room structure is provided having relatively movable room portions supported by telescopically sliding tubes, at least one of those tubes being movable also laterally to pivot as the room portion floors slide into the same horizontal plane when the room structure is moving into expanded positions. In retracted positions the room portion floors are vertically spaced to permit one room portion to nest within the other. A rack and pinion drive arrangement is provided to cause relative movement between the tubes. Lateral movement of one of the tubes is permitted by engagement with an inclined surface extending out of the other tube such that the laterally moving tube pivots about the pinion. A ramp surface is formed on the abutting edge of the floor of one room portion, and the abutting edge of the floor of the other room portion moves up and down that ramp portion when transitioning between expanded and retracted positions.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle includes a lower body and a vertically telescoping upper body. The upper body includes a second floor, fully suspended when the upper body is raised, and resting on stops when the upper body is lowered. A lift mechanism includes a take up drum, lift line, and pulley system to raise and lower the upper body including the upper portion of the telescopic elevator shaft while telescoping corner posts support and guide its motion. A elevator has bottom and top floors connected by vertical columns and a lift cable extending from the base of each column through top and bottom pulleys of an adjacent corner post to a power take up drum to raise and lower the elevator. A vertically movable bathroom is similarly provided.

Abstract: Apparatus for selectively extending and withdrawing a trailer slide-out portion includes first and second rails, each slidably supported in a channel mounted underneath the trailer body. The outer ends of the rails are attached to the underside of the slide-out portion. A sheave driven by a reversible motor is mounted between the channels. First and second cables are wrapped around the sheave, the first cable having its ends attached to the first rail, and the second cable having its ends attached to the second rail. A pulley assembly supports each of the cables as it passes from the sheave to its respective rail. The cables, in conjunction with the pulley assemblies, translate the rotation of the sheave into longitudinal motion of the rails through the channels. Thus, sheave rotation in a first direction causes the cables to pull the rails outwardly, extending the slide-out, while sheave rotation in the opposite direction causes the cables to pull the rails inwardly, withdrawing the slide-out.

Abstract: A retractable awning for recreational vehicle slide-outs prevents rain, snow and other debris from collecting on the roof of the slide-out. The awning is provided with an inner edge secured to the adjacent wall of the recreational vehicle immediately above the slide-out roof. The opposite edge of the awning is connected to a roller journaled on arms pivotally mounted on the outer face of the slide-out. The arms provide oppositely extending lateral projections so that they can support a roller having a length greater than the spacing between the arms. Since the roller must be wider than the awning, the roller has a length exceeding the width of the slide-out roof, and the awning has a width at least equal to the width of the slide-out roof so that full coverage of the slide-out roof is provided. The roller support arms can be pivoted down to provide a typical awning for a window provided in the slide-out.

Abstract: Disclosed is an expandable enclosure suitable for a cargo vehicle, a passer vehicle, a stationary shelter or a stationary storage facility. An expansion unit is outwardly translatable from the enclosure by racks fixed to the unit. The expansion unit has first uprights fixed between the racks and second uprights fixed to the enclosure but having a sliding connection with the racks. Third uprights are disposed between the first and second uprights and are slidingly connected between the racks. The expansion unit may be mounted to the enclosure by the gears alone or may additionally be supported by a cantilever beam when the expansion unit is being deployed.

Abstract: A slidable room having an improved slide-out assembly and an improved liquid sealing assembly at an interface between an opening in the recreational vehicle and an exterior wall of the room is provided. The slide-out assembly includes a stationary main frame assembly having a pair of support members held in a fixed parallel relationship, a single transmission mechanism fixedly interposed between the support members, and a slidable support assembly slidably retained in the pair of support members for extending and contracting the room. The liquid sealing assembly is disposed around the interface between the slidable room and the opening in the recreational vehicle's exterior wall. A first flange member is affixed to a top edge and side edges of the slidable room's exterior wall. A second complementary flange member is affixed to a top edge and side edges of the opening in the recreational vehicle.

Abstract: A retractable awning for use on mobile homes, recreational vehicles or the like having slide-out units as a part thereof includes an awning sheet that is secured along an inner edge to the side of the mobile home with the opposite edge being secured to a torsionally biased roll bar rotatably disposed on the outer ends of support arms pivotally mounted to the outer face of the slide-out unit. A flexible tie-down strap secures the awning in an extended position with the support arms projecting substantially horizontally away from the outer wall, and upon release of the tie-down strap, the awning automatically retracts to a position immediately adjacent to the outer wall of the slide-out unit. The awning sheet always overlies the top wall of the slide-out unit when the slide-out unit is extended and regardless of whether or not the awning is extended or retracted.

Abstract: A unit is described comprising a towable wheeled undercarriage upon which is mounted a unit having four independent rooms, each of which is collapsed for towing and which can be greatly extended in volume both horizontally and vertically for use. The four rooms have a common corner at the center of the unit. Each room includes a slide out section slidable beyond the sides of the undercarriage and an inner section that is attached to the floor. The slide out sections can be extended simultaneously until their roofs lock to a main roof over the fixed inner room sections. All roofs and their attached, telescoped, upper room walls can be raised simultaneously by a single drive device, such as a hydraulic cylinder, at the center of the main roof at the common corner of the rooms. With the rooms extended and the vertically extending rooms telescoped up, four large, private, independent, solid-walled, rooms with separate exterior doors are created. The undercarriage is mounted on four wheels on two axles.

Abstract: The invention is an extendable compartment apparatus installed in a vehicle in such a manner that a platform can be cantilevered out from the vehicle body on an interlocking rail and bearing system. The apparatus includes a glidable platform, channel section stationary rails and angle section glidable rails. The glidable rails move along bearings which are located at the outermost end of the stationary rails and at the innermost end of the glidable rails, respectively. The glidable rails are limited in their movement such that they remain within the stationary structure along approximately one-third of their length. The platform can be mechanized using a DC motor and a rack-and-pinion gear system or worm gear. Finally, the glidable platform can be enclosed using side walls, a back wall, and a roof and thereby made weatherproof for use in combination with a camper vehicle.

Abstract: A hunter's blind having hinged walls which may be fastened together when in a vertical position and compactly stored when in a horizontal position, a connecting roof, ball rollers cooperating with openings in leg sections to raise and lower the hunter's blind, stabilizing cables being payed out and taken up simultaneously with the raising and lowerig of the hunter's blind, and controls located within the hunter's blind to enable the user to control the raising and lowering of the hunter's blind and the deployment of the stabilizing cables while remaining within the blind.

Abstract: The invention relates to an expanding caravan comprising first and second modules wherein the caravan has a contracted condition in which the second module is received by the first module and an expanded condition in which the second module is displaced relative to the first module to increase the usable floor space.

Abstract: An expandable modular enclosure which allows substantial increase in the available interior size. An expanding floor section is provided within the enclosure assembly and extensible retractable modules are provided to extend laterally outwardly from the enclosure and supported in the extended mode by cantilever support arrangements which are movable on bearing assemblies to allow the extension and retraction of the modular segments.

Abstract: A collapsible mobility shelter specifically designed to be mounted on the bed of a truck such as a military vehicle and including a bottom wall portion having surrounding side walls and a top portion mounted thereon selectively positionable between either a collapsed position or an upstanding, operable position. The operable position is defined such that increased height and interior volume of a mobile shelter is provided wherein the shelter is mounted on the vehicle and has the versatility of being selectively connected into the aforementioned collapsed position for extended transport of the vehicle on an aircraft or other means of shipment.

Abstract: An expandable transportable enclosure is described which includes an environmentally protected expandable section. The expandable section extends away from the body of the enclosure and includes an inflatable seal which fills the gap located between the expandable section and the body of the enclosure. The environmentally protected expandable section also includes a retractable floor which is raised off the bottom of the expandable section to insulate the floorboard from the exposed, bottom surface of the expanded section. Finally, an automatically retracting cover, over the expandable section, is provided to prevent the accumulation of snow, water, dirt, or other environmental elements on the top of the expandable section. The environmentally protected unit thus provides a comfortable and weather insulated expanded, interior trailer space without the requirement of costly manufacturing.

Abstract: A mobile bank teller unit includes a cabinet supported by a pair of main wheels having automatic brakes. Vertically adjustable caster pairs at each end provide sidewise mobility. The cabinet opens to form an enclosure for two tellers, each having complete bank transaction equipment. Two banking customers can be accommodated simultaneously. The unit closes into a compact, secure portable form.

Abstract: An adjustable framework is provided for supporting elongated loads over the cargo bed of a pick-up truck and alternatively for supporting a contoured sheath to form a camper compartment above the cargo bed. The framework is comprised of paired side rails, each supported by terminal and center legs, and two transverse rails extending horizontally between said side rails. The two center legs, or the four terminal legs are adapted to provide controlled forceful upward motion. Said motion is preferably produced by a piston-cylinder mechanism.

Abstract: Mobile lodging, including a vehicular body for a trailer and having a plurality of adjacent sleeping cabins with dimensions that can be reduced for transport. Each sleeping cabin includes a fixed portion and a sleeping element extending in a longitudinal direction and containing at least one bed. The sleeping element is slidable in a longitudinal direction in the fixed portion between an open configuration in which the fixed portion contains an open aisle region located longitudinally behind the bed and a closed configuration in which the sleeping element totally occupies the aisle region. The aisle region of each sleeping cabin is directly laterally accessible from the sleeping element of the immediately laterally adjacent sleeping cabin.

Abstract: A mobile vehicle quarters is illustrated which includes a trailer vehicle frame (A) consisting of a number of sectional frames (C). Each sectional frame includes two sides (39a, 39b) each of which includes a base frame (20, 22) and a slidable frame (38, 40). Each sectional frame carries a pair of opposing compartments (B). Two rows (100, 102) of compartments are thus formed on the two sides of the trailer frame. The compartment (B) includes a first section which is fixed to a vertical frame (30, 32) which divides the sectional frame into two sides. The first sections are hung from the vertical frame while a second section (72) slides relative to the thick section (60). The movable section (72) includes a floor section (86) which slides beneath a floor (70) of the fixed section to a nested travel configuration. When moved to an open position, the two sections (60 and 72) provide a living quarters.

Abstract: In a travel trailer having a floor, side and end walls, and a roof where the floor is supported by frame members. The trailer is provided with a frame support taking the form of a strap which is connected at one end to a rear end portion of the floor or frame members and which passes upwardly and forwardly along the roof of the trailer where its opposite end is connected to the roof. The purpose of the frame support is to prevent sagging of the floor and frame members.

Abstract: An expandable mobile house trailer which includes a relatively rigid main body portion having a floor structure and opposite pairs of vertical side and end walls thereabout. Two parallel arch beam supports are located inside of the main body portion. Each of the arch beam supports is positioned adjacent to and affixed to one of the vertical side walls of the main body portion. The ends of the floor are attached to the corresponding ends of the two arch beam supports. A plurality of vertical structural tension members is affixed at spaced intervals to each of the two arch beam supports. The floor is suspended from the lower ends of the vertical structural members. Two of the structural tension members on each of the two arch beam supports are paired, act as main support members and have substantially more structural strength than the other structural tension members. The floor of the main body portion has a wheel well opening on each side between the two paired structural tension members.

Abstract: A vehicle for displaying goods comprises a main body having opposite side walls and a display subbody provided toward at least one of the side walls. The subbody is open toward the interior of the main body and internally provided with a display rack. By a hydraulic cylinder, the subbody can be held in a position projected outward beyond the side wall of the main body when giving a display but, during running, is housed in the main body with its side wall substantially flush with the main body side wall.

Abstract: A self-contained, compact towable facility having sanitary components and electrical, water and gas distribution systems with minimum weight, optimum balance and a maximum volume of water adapted to be stored therein and including a frame having an axle and a tow bar adapted to be coupled to a towing vehicle, a multistage potable water storage and drain and waste water collection and isolation system which includes a potable water storage system, adapted to be filled by an exterior source, comprising tanks having a predetermined geometrical shape nad balance over the wheels of a single axle or tandem axle of the trailer or over substantially the midway point between front and rear wheels of a four-wheeled trailer and wherein the tanks are positioned to have the collective center of gravity thereof located at approximately the collective center of gravity of the drain and waste water collection and isolation system, a grey water collection system adapted to receive and collect drain water having a low impurity

Abstract: A self-contained, compact towable facility having sanitary components and electrical, water and gas distribution systems with minimum weight, optimum balance and a maximum volume of water adapted to be stored therein and including a frame having an axle and a tow bar adapted to be coupled to a towing vehicle, a multi-stage potable water storage and drain and waste water collection and isolation system which includes a potable water storage system, adapted to be filled by an exterior source, comprising tanks having a predetermined geometrical shape and balance over the wheels forming the axle of the trailer and wherein the tanks are positioned to have the collective center of gravity thereof located at approximately the collective center of gravity of the drain and waste water collection and isolation system.

Abstract: A support for a trailer tip out is provided. Larger house trailers, in particular, sometimes have additional rooms or tip outs which are hinged or slide out of side walls of the trailers and moveable through openings therein between a storage position within the trailers and an operating position extending out through the openings from the side walls. Heretofore, the floor of the tip out has been supported above the ground by concrete blocks or the like. These are carried within the trailer and are heavy as well as space consuming. Also, the blocks may shift or sink in the ground and throw off the level of the tip out floor. The new tip out support supports the tip out through the frame of the trailer to eliminate the blocks and any problems caused by shifting or sinking.

Abstract: A telescopic support post for a trailer with a shiftable top. The support includes guides which serve to direct the motion of the telescoping parts and also to inhibit moisture, such as from rain, from getting between the telescopic parts of the post.

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: An expansible enclosure, suitable for use as a camper, trailer, display booth or display counter, having a box-like structure with six sides mutually interconnected at their respective peripheries, with telescoping frame facilities for expanding and contracting the enclosure by varying the distance between opposed sides, allowing expansion and contraction in three dimensions while maintaining substantial rigidity and integrity of the enclosure.

Abstract: A telescoping vehicle body has a covered base frame having a telescoping frame telescoping thereover allowing the body to be lowered for travel. A lifting winch is attached to the base frame and has one or more cables connected thereto, which are connected through a plurality of rollers located on the base frame to the base frame. The cables also pass under rollers attached to the telescoping frame, so that pulling the cable taut will lift the telescoping frame, while loosening the cable will allow the telescoping frame to lower itself. Guides are provided for guiding and stabilizing the telescoping frame during raising and lowering.

Abstract: An angling house for fishermen having a molded two-part telescoping base with runners formed in the base and a forwardly extending handle to facilitate towing the device along lakes, and the like. The house includes a folding top having a plurality of radially extending frame elements which are pivotally connected to a common point on one of the base halves. Material is disposed over the frame members to form an enclosed top for the house.

Abstract: A telescoping camper body apparatus for pickup trucks, and the like, has a lower body portion for attachment to the truck body and a telescoping body portion telescoping over the lower body portion and having a roof thereon. Trucks are formed in the exterior portion of the lower body for guiding the telescoping upper body, while interior cylinders are formed in the lower body portion in an area formed by the exterior tracks. The interior cylinders have rods slidably mounted therein and attached to the roof of the telescoping body portion for guiding the telescoping body during raising and lowering. The cylinders preferably are hydraulic cylinders mounted therein for raising and lowering the telescoping camper body portion.

Abstract: A mobile type housing is provided with a plurality of telescopic movable support elements which are mounted on a base structure for movably supporting the top of the mobile housing between a lowered position and a raised position relative to the base. A pair of lugs are mounted to the base for simultaneous movement between first positions and second positions, the movement of the lugs being substantially parallel and in opposite directions to one another. A plurality of flexible, elongated, incompressible connector elements are connected between the pair of lugs and respective ones of the support members for movement with the lugs during raising and lowering of the top from its respective lowered position and raised position. Drive means is coupled to the pair of lugs to effect simultaneous movement thereof between their first and second positions.

Abstract: A collapsible camper includes a base having a floor and enclosing wall panels as well as a rigid roof member capable of being raised and lowered relative to the base. The base is mounted upon a wheel and axle assembly. The roof member is constructed so as to have a storage compartment therewithin for the storage of at least one bed member such as a bed board. Cooperable elements are carried by the bed member or members and by walls of the roof member for guiding the bed members into the storage compartment, for retaining the bed members therein and to facilitate removal of the bed members from the compartment.

Abstract: A room section having a ceiling, floor, opposed side walls and an outer end wall, fits freely in an opening in a wall of a travel trailer for reciprocative movement between a position extended from the trailer, to provide increased living area, and a position retracted into the trailer for travel. The room section is supported for such movement by mechanism located under the trailer floor and connected to the room section at the outer wall of the latter.