Patent ID: 6928773
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. Mobile living quarters with a flush-seating slide-out room comprising: a) a main living area structure including a main floor and a wall defining a main living area, an aperture in said wall, and a recess in said main floor extending to said aperture and being defined by a sub-floor located lower than said main floor; b) a slide-out room including an auxiliary floor having an interior edge and being movable relative to the main living area through said aperture between a retracted position within the main living area with said auxiliary floor located above the main floor and an extended position forming an auxiliary living area protruding outwardly from said main living area with said auxiliary floor located over said sub-floor in a substantially flush and parallel relationship with said main floor; c) means for supporting said slide-out room from said main living area structure when the slide-out room is in said extended position; and d) an actuating mechanism for moving said slide-out room between said retracted and extended positions, said actuating mechanism including an extendable drive attached by a first connection to said slide-out room and attached by a spaced second connection to said main living area structure, said drive being shiftable relative to said second connection with the second connection being shiftable relative to said main living area structure to facilitate movement of said auxiliary floor between the retracted and extended positions of said slide-out room, said extendable drive being located within said slide-out room, and a slide-away through said auxiliary floor aligned with said extendable drive defining a travel path of said second connection relative to said slide-out room.