Motor Home assembly
AssigneeContinental Coach Ltd.
InventorJohn M. Buday
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Abstract
Recreational vehicles such a motor homes are either self-contained or consist of a cab-type drive unit with a fifth wheel connection for the motor home component. The present device comprises a motor home unit and a self-contained van unit with the units being close-coupled together as one rigid assembly. Full access is provided when connected between the van and the motor home and the van is readily detached and can be used as a self-contained separate vehicle for travelling towing a boat or the like. Connection is by detachable connecting the front ends of the longitudinal chassis members of the motor home unit to the rear ends of the longitudinal chassis members of the van and the van is a front wheel drive unit with steerable front wheels and selectively steerable rear wheels.
Claims4
A motor home assembly comprising in combination a front wheel drive van unit including a rear wall and having steerable front wheels and selectively steerable rear wheels, and a motor home unit including at least one pair of wheels and having an upper front wall and a lower front wall, cooperating means between said van unit and said motor home unit to selectively close-couple said units together as one rigid assembly and in sealed relationship one with the other, said cooperating means including at least two spaced and parallel connectors adjacent each side of said van unit at the bottom of the rear wall thereof, and corresponding connector receptacles adjacent each side of said motor home unit at the bottom of the lower front wall thereof, said connectors detachably engaging said receptacles when said units are in rigid assembly, alignment means consisting essentially of a plurality of plates secured at spaced intervals about the rear wall of said van unit and extending therefrom, and resilient pads about the lower front wall of said motor home unit van unit with said motor home unit.
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