Patent ID: 9604564
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60P

Claim:
1. A sleeping compartment for a recreational vehicle having a cabin with a ceiling, two doors, seats, a windshield, and an expandable habitation unit located behind the cabin, the sleeping compartment comprising: a roof module sized and shaped to cover the expandable habitation unit and the cabin, the roof module having a front roof portion and a rear roof portion, the roof module being actuatable between a default closed configuration and an open configuration; and a sleeping berth separate from and independent to the expandable habitation unit, the sleeping berth having a sleeping surface located on top of the ceiling, the front roof portion being moveably connected to the driver's cabin above the windshield and the doors to permit movement of the roof module between the open and closed configuration; the habitation unit includes two side modules, a rear module, and a main frame, the side modules and the roof module being moveable along respective restrictive paths of travel; the roof module being connected to the main frame to permit movement along a roof restricted path of travel such that in the default closed configuration, the roof module, the rear and side modules and the sleeping berth define a first habitation volume in which the roof module overlaps the two side modules and the rear module, the roof module being moveable along the roof restricted path of travel orthogonally relative to the respective restricted paths of travel of the modules so as to vary the size of the first habitation volume.