Patent ID: 7461480
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A slide out room carried by a main structure, said room shiftable relative to said main structure between a retracted position and an extended position through an opening in said main structure, said room glidably supported from said main structure by a tensile support system, said tensile support system comprising a first pair of guide members rotatably carried by said main structure, a second pair of guide members rotatably carried by said main structure, a first length of flexible tension member and a second length of flexible tension member, each said length fixedly carried by said room, a longitudinally extensible and retractable adjustment member carried by said room, said lengths connected to form a unified tension member, said unified tension member contacting said adjustment member, said first length trained about said first pair of guide members in one direction and said second length trained about said second pair of guide members in an opposite direction from said first length, one of said lengths supporting said room in its retracted position, said room shiftable between its said retracted and extended positions by the simultaneous shifting of said lengths about said guide members, wherein the angular alignment of said room relative to said main structure may be adjusted by extending or retracting said adjustment member.