Patent ID: 6948754
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. An operating mechanism for selectively extending and retracting a slide-out section of a vehicle, said mechanism comprising: a vertically extending wall fixable relative to a vehicle body, said wall having an upper edge and opposing sides; at least one pair of rollers rotatably mounted to said wall, each roller of said at least one pair of rollers having a radially outwardly facing surface, and at least a portion of said radially outwardly facing surface extending above said wall upper edge, one of said rollers of said at least one pair of rollers being mounted to one of said sides of said opposing sides, and the other of said rollers of said at least one pair of rollers being mounted to the other of said sides of said opposing sides; and a rail member for supporting the slide-out section, said rail member straddling said vertically extending wall and engaging said at least one pair of rollers for slidable movement between an extended position and a retracted position, said rail member having an upper wall engaging said radially outwardly facing surface of at least one of said rollers of said pair of rollers.