Patent ID: 7527313

Claim:
A vehicle having a movable slide-out section received in an opening of a stationary vehicle wall, the opening have sides adjacent to sides of the slide-out section, comprising: a mechanism on each side of the opening, each said mechanism including: a linear actuator having a stationary portion fixed to the stationary sidewall of the vehicle and a movable portion that is translatable along an axis; a first pair of cables, each cable of said first pair being fixed at one end to an upper portion of the stationary sidewall of the vehicle; a second pair of cables, each cable of said second pair being fixed at one end to a lower portion of the stationary sidewall of the vehicle; wherein the cables and the movable portion of the actuator are in operative relationship so that moving the movable portion of the actuator in one direction pulls on one of the pairs of cables and slackens the other pair and moving the movable portion of the actuator in the opposite direction pulls on the other pair of cables and slackens the one pair; wherein one of the pairs of cables is routed to the outside end of the slide-out section and the other of the pairs is routed to the inside end of the slide-out section, with one cable of each pair being routed to an upper portion of the slide-out section and one cable of each pair being routed to a lower portion of the slide-out section; and wherein translating the movable portion of the actuators in one direction extends the slide-out section, and translating the movable portion of the actuator in the opposite direction retracts the slide-out section.