Douglas E Yoder

US Patent:

6802555, Oct 12, 2004

Filed:

Aug 12, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/639043

Inventors:

Douglas J. Yoder - Nappanee IN
Jerry L. Babcock - Waukesha WI

Assignee:

Actuant Corporation - Glendale WI

International Classification:

B60P 334

US Classification:

296165, 296 2609, 296 2613

Abstract:

A leveling ramp assembly for a vehicle slide-out room includes a ramp member and a face member, the ends of which are mounted to the vehicle floor by a pair of end members. The ramp provides a declined surface extending from the vehicle floor to a base rail from which a channel flange depends defining an outwardly opening horizontal channel. The face member mounts to the front of the ramp member by inserting its support rail into the channel. The channel flange and support rail have corresponding lengthwise grip regions that mate and improve the connection. The assembly is modular in that any number of shorten ramp or face members can be coupled end to end to span the width of the slide-out room and the face member(s) can be interchanged with other face members having various profiles.