Slidable room assembly

A slideout assembly of the type having a body with a plurality of exterior walls, at least one of which has an opening and a slideout unit disposed in the opening and reciprocable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the improvement comprises:

• a rotatable sprocket;
• two flexible drive members drivingly engaging the rotatable sprocket;
• two sets of guide members to guide the flexible drive members through a predetermined path;
• and
• a plurality of anchors for fixedly securing the flexible drive members to one of the assembly body or the slideout unit, the plurality of anchors comprising at least two vertically spaced apart anchors fixedly securing each flexible drive member.

In an assembly of the type having a body with a plurality of exterior walls, at least one of which has an opening and a slideout unit having a plurality of corners, the slideout unit being disposed in said opening and reciprocable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the improvement comprises:

• two flexible drive members;
• a series of guide members to guide the flexible drive members through a predetermined path, the guide members being attached to the body;
• and
• a plurality of anchors for fixedly securing the flexible drive members to the slideout unit, the anchors being attached to the slideout unit, the plurality of anchors comprising at least two vertically spaced apart anchors fixedly securing each flexible drive member.

In an assembly of the type having a body with a plurality of exterior walls, at least one of which has an opening and a slideout unit having a plurality of corners, the slideout unit being disposed in said opening and reciprocable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the improvement comprises:

• at least one flexible drive member;
• a series of guide members to guide the flexible drive members through a predetermined path;
• a plurality of anchors for fixedly securing the flexible drive members to the slideout unit;
• and
• a means for locking the at least one flexible drive member for preventing movement of the at least one flexible drive member.

In an assembly of the type having a body with a plurality of exterior walls, at least one of which has an opening and a slideout unit having a plurality of corners, the slideout unit being disposed in said opening and reciprocable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the improvement comprises:

• at least one flexible drive member;
• a series of guide members to guide the at least one flexible drive member through a predetermined path, all the guide members being attached to the slideout unit;
• and
• a plurality of anchors for fixedly securing the at least one flexible drive member to the body at positions about the opening of the body, the anchors being attached to the body and being proximate sides of the slideout unit when the slideout unit is in the extended position.