Patent ID: 7931323

Claim:
A travel bar lock assembly for a slide-out room of a recreational vehicle, the slide-out room has a power drive operated by a switch for moving the room between a traveling position, wherein the room is located essentially inside the vehicle and a deployed position, wherein the room extends outward from the vehicle, the lock assembly comprising: a travel bar for removably securing between a wall of the vehicle and a facer board of the slide-out room; a power source for powering the drive; circuitry electrically connecting the power source and the drive; and a switch means for controlling the flow of power to the drive, wherein the travel bar includes an actuator portion, the actuator portion of the bar actuates the switch means so that the switch means disables the flow of power to the power drive when the travel bar is secured between the vehicle wall and the facer board of the slide-out room, and allows the flow of power to the power drive when the travel bar is removed from between the vehicle wall and the facer board, wherein the switch means includes a plug and socket assembly, the actuator portion of the bar includes a cord with a plug, and the socket is electrically connected to the circuitry, wherein the circuitry is closed, the drive has no power, and the slide-out room cannot be moved when the socket receives the plug and the travel bar is secured between the vehicle wall and the facer board of the slide-out room.