Patent ID: 7874604

Claim:
An apparatus for moving a slide-out compartment when the compartment is slidably mounted in an opening in a vehicle, and wherein the apparatus includes at least two end drives, each end drive comprising: a single driving linkage arm having opposite first and second ends, a stationary vehicle mounting frame mountable to the vehicle, a translatable slide-out mounting frame mountable to the slide-out compartment, wherein the linkage arm is pivotally mounted at said first and second ends to said slide-out mounting frame and said vehicle mounting frame respectively for actuating sliding-out translation in a slide-out direction of said slide-out mounting frame relative to said vehicle mounting frame upon rotation about an axis of rotation of said linkage arm relative to both said mounting frames, a rotational drive motor driving only said single linkage arm for selectively actuating said rotation of said linkage arm, wherein said rotational drive motor directly and only provides a torsional force to actuate said rotation of said linkage arm, and wherein said linkage arm rotates in an arc in a substantially vertical plane containing said arc wherein said arc is parallel to said slide-out direction so as to be mountable substantially into an end wall of the slide-out compartment.