Drop room flat floor system employing biasing and

专利名称：Drop room flat floor system employing

biasing and cushioning arrangement

发明人：Robert H. Schneider申请号：US09198655申请日：19981124公开号：US06286883B1公开日：20010911

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摘要：A vehicle having a slide-out room section includes an operating mechanism formoving the slide-out room section laterally relative to the stationary room section forexpanding the interior volume of the vehicle. The slide-out room section has an outer end

which is mounted via a vertically movable connection arrangement to the operatingmechanism, and a cooperative support arrangement is provided for the inner end of theslide-out room section to enable the slide-out room section to be vertically droppedwhen fully extended to place the slide-out room section floor flush with the floor of thestationary room section. The vertically movable connection arrangement includes asupport member interconnected with the extension member and movable therewith, anda mounting member secured to the movable room section and engaged with the supportmember. A biasing and cushioning arrangement is provided for urging the movable roomsection upwardly as the movable room section is moved to its retracted position and forpreventing shock to the vehicle as the movable room section is lowered to its extendedposition. Wedges are provided beneath the movable room section to help lift and lowerthe movable room section when it is retracted and extended, and to support the

movable room, and seal it to the stationary room, when retracted. The invention providesa flat floor arrangement for a slide-out room section without any significant modificationsto existing slide-out room section operating mechanisms.

申请人：APPLIED POWER INC.

代理机构：Quarles & Brady LLP

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