Retractable room support mechanism

Transportable living quarters having a main frame supporting structure defining a main living area and a slide out room assembly slidable relative to said structure between a retracted position retracted within the main living area and an extended position extended from the main living area to provide an auxiliary living area, said structure including a main floor supported by said frame, said slide out room including a slide out room floor movable from a raised position wherein said slide out room floor is adapted to move over said main floor as said slide out room is moved between the extended and the retracted positions to a lowered position vertically displaced relative to the raised position wherein said slide out room floor is substantially flush with the main floor as the slide out room is moved into the extended position and movable from the lowered to the raised position as the slide out room is moved from the extended position, and an extendible support member having an outer tubular member which slidably receives an inner tubular member, said inner tubular member being, connected to said slide out room, the outer tubular member being mounted on said main frame, said outer tubular member, said frame, and said inner tubular member together being adapted to simultaneously guide said slide out room into said extended position and said slide out room floor into said lowered position, and further being adapted to simultaneously guide said slide out room floor into said raised position, and the slide out room away from the extended position, said inner tubular member being adapted to deflect relative to the outer tubular member as said slide out room is moved into the extended position by a predetermined amount being substantially equal to the vertical displacement of the room floor to permit said slide out room floor to move into said lowered position, where said slide out room floor and said main floor are substantially flush.

Transportable living quarters having a pair of longitudinally extending main frame members supporting structure defining a main living area and a slide out room assembly slidable relative to said structure between a retracted position retracted within the main living area and an extended position extended from the main living area to provide an auxiliary living area, said structure including a main floor supported by said frame, said slide out room including a slide out room floor movable from a raised position wherein said slide out room floor is movable over said main floor as said slide out room is moved between the extended and retracted positions to a lowered position vertically displaced relative to the raised position wherein said slide out room floor is substantially flush with the main floor as the slide out room is moved into the extended position and movable from the lowered to the raised position as the slide out room is moved from the extended position, an outer tubular member secured to one of said main frame members at a connection point adjacent one end of said outer tubular member, an inner tubular member extending from said one end of the outer tubular member and being secured to said slide out room assembly, said inner tubular member being adapted to deflect relative to said outer tubular member by a predetermined amount being substantially equal to the vertical displacement of the room floor to permit said slide out room floor to move into said lowered position, where said slide out room floor and said main floor are substantially flush.