Patent ID: 7052064
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B60P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sliding mechanism for moving a slide-out compartment of a vehicle, the sliding mechanism comprising: a pair of guide members spaced apart from each other, each of the guide members defining an interior channel; a pair of sliding members each of which is at least partially disposed in the interior channel defined by a corresponding guide member from the pair of guide members; a pair of gears each of which engages a corresponding sliding member from the pair of sliding members, the pair of gears being used to move the pair of sliding members relative to the pair of guide members; and a support element coupled between to pair of guide members to provide a rigid base assembly, the support element being separate from a frame of the vehicle; wherein the pair of guide members and the pair of sliding members cooperate with each other to move the slide-out compartment between an extended position and a retracted position; and wherein each guide member from the pair of guide members is open on a longitudinal side and wherein each sliding member from the pair of sliding members is positioned between a corresponding gear from the pair of gears and the longitudinal side of the corresponding guide member from the pair of guide members.