Molded unitary front cap for a motor home

A front cap housing for a vehicle body with a dashboard, a front windshield and a forward engine, comprising:

• an integral hollow shell member molded of a reinforced plastic with an upper convex canopy with an aperture of a configuration to receive the front windshield and a lower convex engine cowling, the hollow shell member is configured to be vertically mounted on a front of the vehicle body, the hollow shell member includes about the periphery of the windshield aperture a pair of support posts of a folded configuration extending between the upper convex canopy and the lower engine cowling and a pair of horizontal plate members extending across the shell member, one horizontal plate member extends between the pair of support posts above the windshield aperture and the other horizontal plate member extends below the windshield aperture to provide a relatively rigid mounting structure for the windshield.

A front cap housing for a vehicle body with a front windshield and a forward engine, comprising:

• an integral hollow shell member molded of a reinforced plastic with an upper convex canopy with an aperture of a configuration to receive the front windshield and a lower convex engine cowling, the hollow shell member is configured to be vertically mounted on a front of the vehicle body, the hollow shell member includes a pair of support posts of a folded configuration extending between the upper convex canopy and the lower engine cowling and at least one horizontal plate member extending across the shell member and between the pair of support posts, the horizontal plate member extends inwardly to provide rigidity to the shell member.

In a motor home having side walls with forward A pillar supports, a roof, forward overhead storage compartments, a dashboard, and a forward engine, the improvement of a front cap housing for sealing to the side walls and roof comprising:

• an integral hollow shell member of a molded reinforced resin with an supper convex canopy with an aperture of a configuration to receive the front windshield and a lower convex engine cowling, the hollow shell member is configured to be vertically mounted on the roof and side wall A pillar supports and to extend across the forward engine, the hollow shell member includes a pair of support posts of an approximately U-shape to, respectively, extend about A pillar supports and at least a first horizontal plate member extending across the shell member and traverse to a longitudinal direction of the pair of support posts to provide rigidity to the shell member.