Patent ID: 6269824
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: B60P,E04H

Abstract:
A slide-out for use with an extensible part of a vehicle that is extensible out of an outer wall of the vehicle, the slide-out comprising:a tent cloth having a free extremity;a wind-up roller on to which the tent cloth is wound;a substantially closed casing covering and supporting the wind-up roller, the casing attachable to an outer wall of a vehicle from which an extensible part is extendible, the casing having a lower opening through which the free extremity of the tent cloth may pass;a profile element configured and dimensioned so as to be attachable to an outermost upper edge of an extensible part of a vehicle;said free extremity of said tent cloth including a cooperating connector configured to engage said profile element in secured relationship;whereby, when the profile element is attached to an extensible part of a vehicle, and the casing is attached to a wall of a vehicle from which the extensible part is extendible at a location above the extendible part, and further when the cooperating connector at the free extremity of the tent cloth is secured to the profile element, the tent cloth will extend through the lower opening of the casing to unwind from the windup roller when the profile element moves away from the casing with an outermost upper edge of an extendible part of a vehicle wall to which the profile element may be attached.