Folding trailer with extendable room

US6007142A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dana Gehman · Somerset, US
• David Turner · Florence, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 2, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1999
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60P3/34
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A folding trailer which includes a slide-out room movable from a retracted position within the trailer to an extended position which adds additional living space to the inside of the trailer. The slide-out room includes a front wall, a rear wall and an exterior wall, with the floor attached therebetween and spaced above the trailer floor. A pair of lateral roller supports attached to the trailer floor along the front wall engages a roller track attached to the inside surface of the front wall. Similarly, a pair of lateral roller supports attached to the trailer floor on the other side of the slide-out room, and adjacent the rear wall, engages a roller track on an inner surface of the rear wall. A plurality of vertical roller supports attached to the trailer floor supports and contacts the lower surface of the slide-out floor. A catch clip attached to the lower surface of the slide-out floor near each corner thereof and adjacent the interior end of the slide-out room opposite the exterior wall functions to engage the innermost lateral roller supports and stop the slide-out room from moving further out from the main body of the trailer.