Patent ID: 8608227

Claim:
A support mechanism for supporting and leveling a slideout room of a recreation vehicle comprising: a base mounted to a threshold of a recreational vehicle, the threshold recessed from a floor of the recreational vehicle, the base having an inboard end toward the interior of the recreational vehicle and an outboard end toward the exterior of the recreational vehicle, a support arm having an inboard end and an outboard end with a pair of side walls extending therebetween; a friction reducing member operably mounted to the outboard end of the support arm between the pair of sidewalls, the friction reducing member in contact with a horizontal lower surface of a slideout room associated with the recreational vehicle; wherein the base and the support arm are cooperatively associated through a pivotable axis at the inboard end of the base and the inboard end of the support arm, and a spring member operably mounted between the base and the support arm and placed in an area at least partially defined by an upper surface of the base and a lower surface of the support arm and the pair of side walls of the support arm.