Patent ID: 7334827

Claim:
A recreational vehicle comprising: a main housing defining an interior living space having a floor located at a first level, wherein the main housing defines a first wall having an opening formed therein with a recessed region along a lower portion thereof; a slide-out housing having a floor, a roof, and an outer wall positioned within the opening in the first wall of the main housing, wherein an interior end of the slide-out floor is substantially vertically aligned with an interior end of the slide-out roof, and wherein the slide-out housing is adapted to be movable between a retracted position wherein the floor of the slide-out housing is positioned at a second level above the first level of the floor of the main housing and the outer wall is positioned substantially adjacent the first wall of the main housing and a deployed position wherein the outer wall is extended away from the first wall of the main housing and the floor of the slide-out housing is positioned at a third level below the second level so as to be more planar with the first level; and a vertical movement member positioned in the recessed region of the first wall so as to be adjacent the lower portion of the opening formed therein, wherein at least a portion of the floor of the slide-out glides along the vertical movement member during retraction so as to lift the slide-out housing to the second level and glides along the vertical movement member during deployment so as to lower the slide-out housing to the third level.