Patent ID: 7478856
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: B60J,B60P

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for conversion of a horizontally hinged door of an externally accessible storage compartment of a recreation vehicle to a table capable of being oriented at an angle of between about 15 and about 120 degrees with respect to the vertical, said compartment being circumscribed by a door frame or similar fixed aspect of the vehicle, comprising at least one door frame clamp adapted to be affixed to the door frame or similar fixed aspect of the vehicle, said door frame clamp including a planar body portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, a cap screw, and a mounting bracket fixedly positioning said cap screw in position relative to said inner surface of said body portion of said door frame clamp to engage and apply clamping pressure to said door frame or similar fixed aspect of the vehicle, said door frame clamp further including first and second generally planar spaced apart and substantially parallel mounting lugs upstanding from said outer surface of said body portion of said door frame clamp, each including a throughbore through the thickness thereof, said throughbores of said first and second mounting lugs being in register with one another, at least one door plate having an inner surface and an outer surface adapted to be affixed to the inner surface of a door of the storage compartment with said inner surface thereof facing the door, said door plate including first and second generally planar spaced apart and substantially parallel mounting lugs upstanding from said outer surface of said door plate, each including a throughbore through the thickness thereof, said throughbores of said first and second mounting lugs being in register with one another, at least one stanchion having a first end interconnectable to said mounting lugs of said door frame clamp and a second end interconnectable to said mounting lugs of said door plate, and a quick release member adapted to releasably secure each of said interconnections of said stanchion and said plates.