Patent ID: 6142488
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B60P,B60S

Abstract:
Apparatus for stabilizing parked recreational vehicles, having one or more slide-out compartments undersupported by slide out tube and rail structures, said apparatus comprising:a pair of identical telescopically adjustable legs each having an upper end and a lower end;each leg comprising an elongated base tube and an adjustment tube intermated with the interior of said base tube for coaxial sliding movement in and out of the upper end of said base tube;a manually operable, spring biased, axially moveable latch bolt secured to the outside of said base tube for engaging selected spaced openings formed in an associated said adjustment tube whereby to selectively adjust the length of each said leg;a pair of mounting brackets each having manually operable means for securely clamping the same to an under supporting slide-out tube and rail structure; each said mounting bracket having a pair of U-shaped brackets interjoined so that arms therof extend in opposite directions and are aligned at right angles to one another;flexible ratchet operated strap means tensioned between and coupled to said legs adjacent lower ends thereof to maintain the divergent position of said legs and laterally stabilize an associated slide tube and rail structure.