Retractable day cab sleeper
OwnerCleo McCoy, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
The inventor, Cleo McCoy Jr. provides a unique, sleeper unit giving commercial tractor day cab truck operators an option to upgrade their day cab from a sleeping birth to a roomy sleeper unit that retracts and expands. The Retractable Day Cab Sleeper is designed for truck operators who find sleeping births and birth modifications inadequate but don't want to upgrade to a permanent sleeper modification. The Retractable Day Cab Sleeper can also be installed and uninstalled using common tools with no modifications to the existing truck.
Claims6
An after-market retractable sleeper compartment that is designed to mount to the frame of a Day Cab tractor truck unit, said retractable sleeper compartment comprising:
- (a) mounted wheel bearings running in a linear motion track frame, front and side walls with hinges, a swivel rooftop, an inner fold down floor, and an access door, and
- (b) a retractable Day Cab sleeper compartment having a locking and release handlebar mechanism that allows for retraction or expansion of said compartment.
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