Patent ID: 9630547
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B60P

Claim:
1. A retractable shelter for use with a slideout compartment of a recreational vehicle, the retractable shelter comprising: a sheet of flexible material capable of being rolled up into a retracted position; and a storage compartment storing the sheet of flexible material when the sheet of flexible material is rolled up into the retracted position, the storage compartment being attachable along and near a bottom edge of a slideout compartment of a recreational vehicle, the slideout compartment being movable from a withdrawn position to an expanded position in which an interior living area of the recreational vehicle is enlarged, the storage compartment being secured along and near the bottom edge of the slideout compartment in both the withdrawn and expanded positions when attached to the slideout compartment, wherein the sheet of flexible material is unrolled from the storage compartment when the slideout compartment is in the expanded position so that a leading edge of the flexible sheet of material moves away from the storage compartment when the flexible sheet of material is unrolled so that the flexible sheet of material and a lower surface of the slideout compartment cooperate to form a shelter.