Patent ID: 9738208
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B60P

Claim:
1. A slide out system for a recreational vehicle, comprising: a vehicle with a main body portion having therein a compartment to receive users for purposes of shelter, dining, or sleeping, the vehicle having an outer wall in a generally vertical plane, a slide-out portion of the vehicle which is movable onto and out from the main body portion to change the amount of usable space within the compartment, the slide-out portion having a floor, a ceiling, an outer wall, and first and second opposed side walls, the outer wall in a generally vertical plane, and a mounting structure connecting the slide-out portion to the main body portion, that mounting structure including a peripheral frame fixed to the vehicle and surrounding the floor, ceiling, and side walls of the slide-out portion, and a plurality of drive mechanisms, each of the plurality of drive mechanisms mounted to the slide-out portion and to the peripheral frame.