Patent ID: 7240938
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A slide-out mechanism comprising: a vehicle having a main floor and a side wall; an opening for receiving a slide-out room disposed in said side wall; a slide-out bearing surface disposed on said vehicle at said opening; a slide-out room having an angled region disposed thereon and engageable with said bearing surface as said slide-out room approaches an extended position; a moving member disposed on said vehicle at said opening and movable into and out of said vehicle; an elevation adjuster disposed at one end of said moving member and connected to an end of said slide-out room; said elevation adjuster, said angled region of said slide-out room floor and said bearing surface of said vehicle configured so as to position said floor of said slide-out room, to an elevation substantially level with said main floor of said vehicle when said slide-out room is in an extended position; and a control system linked to said elevation adjuster for actively synchronizing said elevation adjuster with movement of said moving member into and out of said vehicle.