Patent ID: 7610636

Claim:
In a recreational vehicle, a lift mechanism for raising and lowering a platform in an interior of the vehicle, the lift mechanism comprising: a frame; a drive unit; a support member supporting the platform and connected to the frame to be vertically movable relative to the frame; an elongated flexible member having a first end linked to the drive unit and a second end fixed relative to the frame; and at least one guide member engaging the flexible member between the first and second ends and directing the flexible member through at least one turn; wherein the drive unit drives the first end of the flexible member to adjust the height of the support member; wherein the flexible member includes multiple elongated segments, each segment having a first end coupled together with the first ends of the other segments and to the drive unit and each segment having a second end coupled to the frame, such that travel of the first ends in one direction raises the support member and travel of the first ends in an opposite direction lowers the support member.