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- the lower section has a cab-over compartment projecting forwardly therefrom, while the upper section has a cab-over cover fixed thereto to overlie the cab-over compartment of the lower section.
- swingable panels are automatically raised so as to bridge the space between the cab-over compartment and cover, and these panels are automatically moved into the confines of the camper when the upper section is lowered.
- the present invention relates to improvements in a cabover telescopic camper. It consists of the combinations, constructions and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.
- cab-over campers are provided at the present time, which have a compartment disposed to overlie the cab of the truck on which the camper is mounted. This arrangement results in a rather bulky appearance and presents a high center of gravity, when the camper is travelling, and furthermore the cab-over compartment causes considerable wind resistance during travelling.
- a cab-over telescopic camper in which a lower room section is arranged for mounting on the load-carrying platform of a truck, .and an upper room section is telescopically arranged on the lower room section for raising and lowering movements.
- the lower room section is provided with a cab-over compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly over the cab of the truck, while the upper room section has a cover that projects forwardly over the compartment.
- Another object of the invention is to provide means that are operable to automatically raising the panels when the upper room section is elevated, and to allow the movement of the panels into folded positions when the upper room section is depressed.
- FIG. 1 is an isometric view of my cab-over telescopic camper in occcupying position, that is, with the upper room section and its cab-over cover raised.
- FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the lower room section and disclosing the transverse front panel and the longitudinal side panels in raised position.
- FIG. 3 is an isometric view showing the upper room section and its cab-over cover lowered into travelling position.
- FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the irregular plane 44 of FIG. 3, parts being shown in elevation.
- FIG. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken along the plane 55 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken along the plane 66 of FIG. 5.
- a cab-over telescopic camper having a lower room section designated generally at A arranged for mounting on the load-carrying platform 10 of a truck B (see FIG. 4).
- an upper room section C is telescopically arranged on the lower room section A and is movable into raised position relative to the lower room section for occupying (see FIGS. 1 and 5) and into a lowered position relative thereto for travelling (see FIGS. 3 and 4).
- Suitable guides 11 may be provided on the lower room section A for guiding the upper room section C for up and down movements.
- the lower room section A is provided with a cab-over compartment D (see FIG. 4) that is fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab 12 of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall 13 and a pair of longitudinal side Walls 14, see FIGS. 1, 2 and 5.
- the upper room section C is provided with a cab-over cover E fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment D, and this cover is movable up and down with the upper room section.
- This cab-over cover has a transverse front wall 15 and a pair of longitudinal side walls 16 that are movable into spaced relation above the transverse front Wall 13 and the longitudinal side Walls 14, respectively, of the cab-over compartment (see FIGS. 1 and 5).
- a transverse front panel 17 is movable into position to bridge the space between the front transverse walls 13 and 15 of the compartment D- and the cover E when the latter is raised (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
- a pair of longitudinal side panels 18 are movable into positions to bridge the space between the longitudinal side walls 14 and 16 of the compartment D and the cover B when the latter is raised (see FIGS. 1, 2 and 5).
- Suitable weather-proof seals 19 and 20 are provided between the walls ofthe compartmen-t'and cover (see FIGS. 4 and 5).
- I provide means that are operable to automatically move the transverse front panel 17 and the longitudinal side panels 18 into bridging positions when the upper room section C is raised, and to free all of these panels for movement into out-of-the-way positions when the upper room section is lowered.
- the transverse front panel 17 is hinged at 21 to the front transverse wall 13 of the compartment D, and each of the side panels 18 is hinged at 22 to one of the longitudinal side walls 14 of this compartment. All of these panels are foldable into the compartment when the upper room section is lowered (see FIG. 4 and dot-dash lines in FIG. At this time, the folded front transverse panel 17 is disposed over the folded longitudinal side panels.
- the transverse front panel 17 is swung toward bridging position prior to swinging the longitudinal side panels 18 toward bridging position, the detailed structure for accomplishing these results being set forth later in the specification.
- the means for swinging the panels 17 and 18 into bridging positions is supported by the upper room section C and has a connection with the lower room section A, whereby raising the upper room section relative to the lower room section will operate these means.
- transverse panel 17 abuts the frontal ends 24 of the longitudinal side panels 18 when all of these panels are swung into bridging positions, and weather-proofing flanges 25 are mounted on the transverse front panel 17 to abut the outer faces of the longitudinal side panels 18 when all of these panels occupy bridging positions (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
- the lower room section A has a plate 26 that forms a bottom wall for the compartment D, for example, to support bedding 27 (see FIGS. 4 and 5), this plate projecting forwardly and to both lateral sides of the lower room section.
- the side walls of the upper room section C have notches 23 extending upwardly thereinto in the regions of the cab-over cover E to receive the laterallyprojecting sides of the plate 26 when the upper room section C is lowered.
- This plate is located to overlie the cab 12 of the truck B, This lower edge 29 of the front wall 15 of the cover E and upper edges 30 of these notches are located so as to rest on the plate 26 when the upper room section is lowered (see FIG. 3).
- a front panel-operating cable 31 has one end thereof anchored at 32 to the transverse front panel 17 and its other end anchored at 33 to the lower room section A, the intermediate portion of this cable being trained over pulleys 34 carried by the upper room section C, and this cable has a length so as to automatically swing the transverse front panel 17 into bridging position as the upper room section C is raised (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
- a large pulley 35 is rotatablyt carried by the upper room section C, and has one end of each of a pair of side panel-operating cables 36 secured thereto, the intermediate portions of these cables being trained over pulleys 37 carried by the upper room section C, the other end of each of these cables being anchored at 38 to one of the longitudinal side panels 18 so as to swing these panels into bridging position when the upper room section C is raised and the large pulley 35 is rotated.
- These cables and pulleys are shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.
- a small pulley 39 is fixed to the large pulley 35 so that the former will turn the latter, and the small pulley has one end of a pulley-rotating cable 40' secured thereto, the intermediate portion of this cable being trained over a pulley 41 carried by the upper room section C, the other end of this pulley-rotating cable being anchored at 42 to the lower room section A so as to rotate both the small and large pulleys when the upper room section C is raised, this pulley-rotating cable having a length to swing the longitudinal side panels 18 into bridging position after the transverse front panel 17 has been partially raised, whereby the side panels 18 will clear the front panel 17.
- slack may be provided in the cable 40 so that the front panel will swing toward raised position prior to the start of the upward swinging of the side panels, and a weight 43 or the like may be provided on the cable 40 to maintain this cable taut on the pulleys 39 and 41, and this same weight will operate to maintain the cables 36 taut since the weight will tend to rotate the pulleys 35 and 39 in the direction of the arrow 44 (see FIG. 6).
- slack may be provided in the cable 31, if required.
- the ratio of the large and small pulleys 35 and 39, respectively, is such that all of these panels will reach fully raised positions at the same time, where they will contact the weatherproofing seals 19 and 20 (see FIG. 5).
- the longitudinal side panels 18 will commence to fold inward- 1y, as suggested by the arrows 45 in FIG. 2 before the front panel 17 starts to swing downwardly, as suggested by the arrow 46 in FIG. 2, and all of these panels come to rest in the manner shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 of the drawings.
- Any suitable means may be provided for raising and lowering the upper room section C and its cover E relative to the lower room section A and its compartment D;
- the lower room section being provided with a cabover compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall. and a pair of longitudinal side walls;
- the upper room section being provided with a cab-over cover fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment, and this cover being movable up and down with the upper room section;
- the cab-over cover having a transverse front Wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls that are movable into spaced relation above the transverse front wall and the longitudinal side walls, respectively, of the cab-over compartment;
- transversefront panel movable into a position to bridge the space between the front transverse walls of the compartment and cover when the latter is raised;
- transverse front panel being hinged to the transverse front wall of the compartment, and each of the longitudinal side panels being hinged to one of the longitudinal side walls of this compartment;
- (j) and means are provided and operable to automatically swing the transverse front panel and the longitudinal side panels into bridging position when the upper room section is raised, and said means being made to swing the transverse front panel toward bridging position prior to swinging the longitudinal side panels toward bridging position.
- the lower room section being provided with a cab-over compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls;
- the upper room section being provided with a cab-over cover fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment, and this cover being movable up and down with the upper room section;
- the cab-over cover having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls that are movable into spaced relation above the transverse front wall and the longitudinal side walls, respectively, of the cab-over compartment;
- transverse front panel being hinged to the transverse front wall of the compartment, and each of the longitudinal panels being hinged to one of the longitudinal side wall of this compartment;
- the lower room secion being provided with a cabover compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls;
- the upper room section being provided with a cabover cover fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment, and this cover being movable up and down with the upper room section;
- the cab-over cover having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls that are movable into spaced relation above the transverse front wall and the longitudinal side walls, respectively, of the cab-over compartment;
- this plate being located to overlie the cab of the truck.
- the lower room section being provided with a cabover compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls;
- the upper room section being provided with a cabover cover fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment, and this cover being movable up and down with the upper room section;
- the cab-over cover having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls that are moveable into spaced relation above the transverse front wall and the longitudinal side walls, respectively, of the cab-over compartment;
- transverse front panel being hinged to the transverse front wall of the compartment, and each of the longitudinal side panels being hinged to one of the longitudinal side walls of this compartment;
- a front panel-operating cable having one end thereof anchored to the transverse front panel and its other end anchored to the lower room section, the intermediate portion of this cable being trained over pulleys carried by the upper room section, and this cable having a length so as to automatically swing the transverse front panel into bridging position as the upper room section is raised;
- this pulley-rotating cable being anchored UNITED STATES PATENTS to the lower room section so as to rotate both the 3,356,407 12/1967 McGarry 296-27 X small and large pulleys when the upper room section 3,321,233 5/ 1967 Davis 296-23 is raised, this pulley-rotating cable having a length 3,143,121 8/1964 McKee 296-23 X to swing the longitudinal side panels into bridging position after the transverse front panel has been at 10 PHILIP GOODMAN Prlmmy Examfner'
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Aug. 13, 1968 E R. GARRISON CAB-OVER TELESCOPIC CAMPER Fild Oct. 10, 1966 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.
EARL. R. GARRISON ATTORNEY g 1968 E. R. GARRISON 3,397,004
CAB-OVER TELESCOPIC CAMPER Filed Oct. 10, 1966 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 El 3e 40 40 I8 I6 2 la EARL R- GARRISON BY 5 w AT TORNEY United States Patent 3,397,004 CAB-OVER TELESCOPIC CAMPER Earl R. Garrison, 1445 Bellevue, Ave., Burlingame, Calif. 94010 Filed Oct. 10, 1966, Ser. No. 585,646 6 Claims. (Cl. 296-23) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A cab-over telescopic camper having an upper room section telescopically arranged on a lower room section for raising and lowering movements. The lower section has a cab-over compartment projecting forwardly therefrom, while the upper section has a cab-over cover fixed thereto to overlie the cab-over compartment of the lower section. When the upper section is raised, swingable panels are automatically raised so as to bridge the space between the cab-over compartment and cover, and these panels are automatically moved into the confines of the camper when the upper section is lowered.
The present invention relates to improvements in a cabover telescopic camper. It consists of the combinations, constructions and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.
It is a well known fact that cab-over campers are provided at the present time, which have a compartment disposed to overlie the cab of the truck on which the camper is mounted. This arrangement results in a rather bulky appearance and presents a high center of gravity, when the camper is travelling, and furthermore the cab-over compartment causes considerable wind resistance during travelling.
As the cardinal object of this invention, it is proposed to provide a cab-over telescopic camper in which a lower room section is arranged for mounting on the load-carrying platform of a truck, .and an upper room section is telescopically arranged on the lower room section for raising and lowering movements. The lower room section is provided with a cab-over compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly over the cab of the truck, while the upper room section has a cover that projects forwardly over the compartment.
It is .a further object of the invention to provide a transverse front panel and a pair of longitudinal side panels that are movable to bridge the space between the walls of the compartment and the walls of the cab-over cover, when the upper room section is raised relative to the lower room section for occupying. However, when the upper room section and its cab-over cover are lowered for travelling, these panels are moved into out-of-the-way positions, thus permitting the upper room section and the cabover cover to descend. In this manner, the advantages of a telescopic camper with a low center of gravity and less resistance to wind will be obtained during travelling.
Another object of the invention is to provide means that are operable to automatically raising the panels when the upper room section is elevated, and to allow the movement of the panels into folded positions when the upper room section is depressed.
Other objects and advantages will appear as the specification proceeds. The novel features of the invention will be set forth in the appended claims.
3,397,004 Patented Aug. 13, 1968 Drawings For a better understanding of the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which:
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of my cab-over telescopic camper in occcupying position, that is, with the upper room section and its cab-over cover raised.
FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the lower room section and disclosing the transverse front panel and the longitudinal side panels in raised position.
FIG. 3 is an isometric view showing the upper room section and its cab-over cover lowered into travelling position.
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the irregular plane 44 of FIG. 3, parts being shown in elevation.
FIG. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken along the plane 55 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken along the plane 66 of FIG. 5.
While I have shown only one embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that various changes, or modifications, may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit thereof.
Detailed description Referring now to the drawing in detail, I have shown a cab-over telescopic camper having a lower room section designated generally at A arranged for mounting on the load-carrying platform 10 of a truck B (see FIG. 4). Moreover, :an upper room section C is telescopically arranged on the lower room section A and is movable into raised position relative to the lower room section for occupying (see FIGS. 1 and 5) and into a lowered position relative thereto for travelling (see FIGS. 3 and 4). Suitable guides 11 may be provided on the lower room section A for guiding the upper room section C for up and down movements.
The lower room section A is provided with a cab-over compartment D (see FIG. 4) that is fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab 12 of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall 13 and a pair of longitudinal side Walls 14, see FIGS. 1, 2 and 5.
The upper room section C is provided with a cab-over cover E fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment D, and this cover is movable up and down with the upper room section. This cab-over cover has a transverse front wall 15 and a pair of longitudinal side walls 16 that are movable into spaced relation above the transverse front Wall 13 and the longitudinal side Walls 14, respectively, of the cab-over compartment (see FIGS. 1 and 5).
It will be noted that a transverse front panel 17 is movable into position to bridge the space between the front transverse walls 13 and 15 of the compartment D- and the cover E when the latter is raised (see FIGS. 1 and 2). Also, a pair of longitudinal side panels 18 are movable into positions to bridge the space between the longitudinal side walls 14 and 16 of the compartment D and the cover B when the latter is raised (see FIGS. 1, 2 and 5). Suitable weather- proof seals 19 and 20 are provided between the walls ofthe compartmen-t'and cover (see FIGS. 4 and 5).
As the specification continues, it will be apparent that I provide means that are operable to automatically move the transverse front panel 17 and the longitudinal side panels 18 into bridging positions when the upper room section C is raised, and to free all of these panels for movement into out-of-the-way positions when the upper room section is lowered.
Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, it will be seen that the transverse front panel 17 is hinged at 21 to the front transverse wall 13 of the compartment D, and each of the side panels 18 is hinged at 22 to one of the longitudinal side walls 14 of this compartment. All of these panels are foldable into the compartment when the upper room section is lowered (see FIG. 4 and dot-dash lines in FIG. At this time, the folded front transverse panel 17 is disposed over the folded longitudinal side panels. When the upper room section C is raised, the transverse front panel 17 is swung toward bridging position prior to swinging the longitudinal side panels 18 toward bridging position, the detailed structure for accomplishing these results being set forth later in the specification. Briefly stated, the means for swinging the panels 17 and 18 into bridging positions is supported by the upper room section C and has a connection with the lower room section A, whereby raising the upper room section relative to the lower room section will operate these means.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the lateral ends 23 of transverse panel 17 abut the frontal ends 24 of the longitudinal side panels 18 when all of these panels are swung into bridging positions, and weather-proofing flanges 25 are mounted on the transverse front panel 17 to abut the outer faces of the longitudinal side panels 18 when all of these panels occupy bridging positions (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
The lower room section A has a plate 26 that forms a bottom wall for the compartment D, for example, to support bedding 27 (see FIGS. 4 and 5), this plate projecting forwardly and to both lateral sides of the lower room section. The side walls of the upper room section C have notches 23 extending upwardly thereinto in the regions of the cab-over cover E to receive the laterallyprojecting sides of the plate 26 when the upper room section C is lowered. This plate is located to overlie the cab 12 of the truck B, This lower edge 29 of the front wall 15 of the cover E and upper edges 30 of these notches are located so as to rest on the plate 26 when the upper room section is lowered (see FIG. 3).
As disclosed in FIG. 4, a front panel-operating cable 31 has one end thereof anchored at 32 to the transverse front panel 17 and its other end anchored at 33 to the lower room section A, the intermediate portion of this cable being trained over pulleys 34 carried by the upper room section C, and this cable has a length so as to automatically swing the transverse front panel 17 into bridging position as the upper room section C is raised (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
It will be observed that a large pulley 35 is rotatablyt carried by the upper room section C, and has one end of each of a pair of side panel-operating cables 36 secured thereto, the intermediate portions of these cables being trained over pulleys 37 carried by the upper room section C, the other end of each of these cables being anchored at 38 to one of the longitudinal side panels 18 so as to swing these panels into bridging position when the upper room section C is raised and the large pulley 35 is rotated. These cables and pulleys are shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.
A small pulley 39 is fixed to the large pulley 35 so that the former will turn the latter, and the small pulley has one end of a pulley-rotating cable 40' secured thereto, the intermediate portion of this cable being trained over a pulley 41 carried by the upper room section C, the other end of this pulley-rotating cable being anchored at 42 to the lower room section A so as to rotate both the small and large pulleys when the upper room section C is raised, this pulley-rotating cable having a length to swing the longitudinal side panels 18 into bridging position after the transverse front panel 17 has been partially raised, whereby the side panels 18 will clear the front panel 17. Some slack may be provided in the cable 40 so that the front panel will swing toward raised position prior to the start of the upward swinging of the side panels, and a weight 43 or the like may be provided on the cable 40 to maintain this cable taut on the pulleys 39 and 41, and this same weight will operate to maintain the cables 36 taut since the weight will tend to rotate the pulleys 35 and 39 in the direction of the arrow 44 (see FIG. 6). Likewise, slack may be provided in the cable 31, if required.
Although the front transverse panel 17 starts to raise before the longitudinal side panels 18, the ratio of the large and small pulleys 35 and 39, respectively, is such that all of these panels will reach fully raised positions at the same time, where they will contact the weatherproofing seals 19 and 20 (see FIG. 5). Likewise, when these panels start to descend toward folded positions, the longitudinal side panels 18 will commence to fold inward- 1y, as suggested by the arrows 45 in FIG. 2 before the front panel 17 starts to swing downwardly, as suggested by the arrow 46 in FIG. 2, and all of these panels come to rest in the manner shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 of the drawings.
' Any suitable means may be provided for raising and lowering the upper room section C and its cover E relative to the lower room section A and its compartment D;
and since this is well known in the art, no disclosure thereof is considered necessary.
I claim:
1. In a cab-over telescopic camper:
(a) a lower room section arranged for mounting on the load-carrying platform of a truck;
(b) an upper room section telescopically arranged on the lower room section and being movable into raised position relative to the lower room section for occupying and into a lowered position relative thereto for travelling;
(c) the lower room section being provided with a cabover compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall. and a pair of longitudinal side walls;
' (d) the upper room section being provided with a cab-over cover fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment, and this cover being movable up and down with the upper room section;
' (e) the cab-over cover having a transverse front Wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls that are movable into spaced relation above the transverse front wall and the longitudinal side walls, respectively, of the cab-over compartment;
(f) a transversefront panel movable into a position to bridge the space between the front transverse walls of the compartment and cover when the latter is raised;
(g) a pair of longitudinal side panels movable into positions to bridge the space between the longitudinal side walls of the compartment and the cover when the latter is raised;
(h) the transverse front panel being hinged to the transverse front wall of the compartment, and each of the longitudinal side panels being hinged to one of the longitudinal side walls of this compartment;
(i) all of these panels being foldable into the compartment when the upper room section is lowered, with the folded front transverse panel being disposed over the folded longitudinal side panels;
(j) and means are provided and operable to automatically swing the transverse front panel and the longitudinal side panels into bridging position when the upper room section is raised, and said means being made to swing the transverse front panel toward bridging position prior to swinging the longitudinal side panels toward bridging position.
2. The cab-over telescopic camper, as set forth in claim 1:
(k) and in which said means is supported by the upper room section and has a connection with the lower room section, whereby raising of the upper room section relative to the lower room section will operate said means.
3. In a cab-over telescopic camper:
(a) a lower room section arranged for mounting on the load-carrying platform of a truck;
(b) an upper room section telescopically arranged on the lower room section and being movable into raised position relative to the lower room section for occupying and into a lowered position relative thereto for travelling;
(c) the lower room section being provided with a cab-over compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls;
((1) the upper room section being provided with a cab-over cover fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment, and this cover being movable up and down with the upper room section;
(e) the cab-over cover having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls that are movable into spaced relation above the transverse front wall and the longitudinal side walls, respectively, of the cab-over compartment;
(f) a transverse front panel movable into position to bridge the space between the front transverse walls of the compartment and the cover when the latter is raised;
(g) a pair of longitudinal side panels movable into position to bridge the space between the longitudinal side walls of the compartment and the cover when the latter is raised;
(h) the transverse front panel being hinged to the transverse front wall of the compartment, and each of the longitudinal panels being hinged to one of the longitudinal side wall of this compartment;
(i) the lateral ends of the transverse panel abutting the frontal ends of the longitudinal side panels when all of these panels are swung into bridging positions;
(j) and weather-proofing flanges mounted on the transverse front panel in positions to abut the outer faces of the longitudinal side panels when all of these panels occupy bridging positions.
4. In a cab-over telescopic camper:
(a) a lower room section arranged for mounting on the load-carrying platform of a truck;
(b) an upper room section telescopically arranged on the lower room section and being movable into raised position relative to the lower room section for 0ccuping and into a lowered position relative thereto for travelling;
(c) the lower room secion being provided with a cabover compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls;
(d) the upper room section being provided with a cabover cover fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment, and this cover being movable up and down with the upper room section;
(e) the cab-over cover having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls that are movable into spaced relation above the transverse front wall and the longitudinal side walls, respectively, of the cab-over compartment;
(f) a transverse front panel movable into position to bridge the space between the front transverse walls of the compartment and cover when the latter is raised;
(g) a pair of longitudinal side panels movable into positions to bridge the space between the longitudinal side walls of the compartment and the cover when the latter is raised;
(h) the lower room section having a plate secured t-hereto that forms a bottom wall for the compartment, this plate projecting forwardly and to both lateral sides of the lower room section;
(i) the side walls of the upper room section having notches extending thereinto in the region of the cabover cover to receive the laterally-projecting sides of the plate when the upper room section is lowered;
(j) this plate being located to overlie the cab of the truck.
5. The cab-over telescopic camper, as set forth in (k) and in which the lower edge of the front wall of the cover and upper edges of the notches are located so as to rest on the plate when the upper room section is lowered.
6. In a cab-over telescopic camper:
(a) a lower room section arranged for mounting on the load-carrying platform of a truck;
(b) an upper room section telescopically arranged on the lower room section and being movable into raised position relative to the lower room section for occupying and into a lowered position relative thereto for travelling;
(c) the lower room section being provided with a cabover compartment fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab of the truck, this compartment having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls;
(d) the upper room section being provided with a cabover cover fixed thereto and projecting forwardly therefrom to overlie the cab-over compartment, and this cover being movable up and down with the upper room section;
(e) the cab-over cover having a transverse front wall and a pair of longitudinal side walls that are moveable into spaced relation above the transverse front wall and the longitudinal side walls, respectively, of the cab-over compartment;
(f) a transverse front panel movable into position to bridge the space between the front transverse walls of the compartment and cover when the latter is raised;
(g) a pair of longitudinal side panels movable into positions to bridge the space between the longitudinal side walls of the compartment and the cover when the latter is raised;
(h) the transverse front panel being hinged to the transverse front wall of the compartment, and each of the longitudinal side panels being hinged to one of the longitudinal side walls of this compartment;
(i) a front panel-operating cable having one end thereof anchored to the transverse front panel and its other end anchored to the lower room section, the intermediate portion of this cable being trained over pulleys carried by the upper room section, and this cable having a length so as to automatically swing the transverse front panel into bridging position as the upper room section is raised;
(j) a large pulley rotatably carried by the upper room section, and having one end of each of a pair of side panel-operating cables secured thereto, the intermediate portions of these cables being trained over pulleys carried by the upper room section, the other ends of each of these cables being anchoerd to on of the longitudinal side panels so as to swing these panels into bridging position when the upper room section is raised and the large pulley is rotated;
(k) a small pulley fixed to the large pulley so that the least partially raised, whereby the side panels will former will turn the latter, the small pulley having clear the front panel. one end of a pulley-rotating cable secured thereto, the intermediate portion of this cable being trained References Cited over a pulley carried by the upper room section, the
other end of this pulley-rotating cable being anchored UNITED STATES PATENTS to the lower room section so as to rotate both the 3,356,407 12/1967 McGarry 296-27 X small and large pulleys when the upper room section 3,321,233 5/ 1967 Davis 296-23 is raised, this pulley-rotating cable having a length 3,143,121 8/1964 McKee 296-23 X to swing the longitudinal side panels into bridging position after the transverse front panel has been at 10 PHILIP GOODMAN Prlmmy Examfner'
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