# US 7,407,211 B2 · Vehicle cargo slide-out > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,407,211 B2 - Document ID: US7407211B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/351,698 - Filed: 2006-02-10 - Published: 2006-06-15 - Granted: 2008-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2004-02-20 - Assignees: Actuant Corporation - Inventors: James R. Kunz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7407211B2 ## CPC - A47B 21/0073: {liftable above the desk top} - B60P 3/34: the living accommodation being expansible, collapsible or capable of rearrangement ({B60P3/38} takes precedence; tents supported at least partially by vehicles E04H15/06) - Y10S 248/92: Angular and linear video display screen support adjustment - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A cargo slide-out for a vehicle includes a drawer slideable within a guide frame. Glides, such as rollers or sliders, are mounted to two sides of the drawer and to the associated sides of the guide frame so that at each side of the drawer at least one glide extends toward the guide frame and at least one extends toward the drawer. A sliding double-run track is disposed between the drawer and the guide frame at the two sides of the drawer. Sliding engagement of the tracks and glides connect the drawer to the guide frame and allow the drawer to slide out fully from the guide frame so that the user can access the back of the drawer. Preferably, the tracks each define a pair of v-shaped grooves and a pair of v-shaped rails matable with v-shaped surfaces of the glides. ## Claims ### Claim 1 In a vehicle having a cargo storage area, a cargo slide-out comprising: a drawer for containing vehicle cargo having a bottom and upright side walls at opposite first and second sides of the drawer; a guide frame having upright side walls at the first and second sides of the drawer at an outside of the drawer; a first set of glides mounted to each of the drawer side walls to extend toward the associated guide frame side wall; a second set of glides mounted to each of the guide frame side walls to extend toward the associated drawer side wall; and at least one track at each of the first and second sides of the drawer engaging the associated first and second sets of glides to connect the drawer to the guide frame and allow the drawer to move relative to the guide frame such that a back end of the drawer is proximate a front end of the guide frame in an extended position of the drawer; wherein the at least one track at each of the first and second sides of the drawer is movable with respect to the drawer and the guide frame; wherein each track is a double-run track having a first section engaging the associated first set of glides of the associated drawer side wall and a second section engaging the associated second set of glides of the associated guide frame side wall; wherein the first track section defines two parallel grooves which engage the associated first set of glides of the associated drawer side wall. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cargo slide-out of claim 1, wherein there is only one track at each of the first and second sides of the drawer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cargo slide-out of claim 1, wherein the first track section is at least one groove. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The cargo slide-out of claim 3, wherein the at least one groove is v-shaped. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The cargo slide-out of claim 1, wherein the second track section is at least one rail. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cargo slide-out of claim 5, wherein the at least one rail is v-shaped. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cargo slide-out of claim 1, wherein the second track section defines two rails, each rail engaging at least one of the associated second set of glides of the associated guide frame side wall. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cargo slide-out of claim 7, wherein the first track section grooves are v-shaped and the second track section rails are v-shaped surfaces. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cargo slide-out of claim 8, wherein the glides are rotatably mounted rollers with v-shaped surfaces matable with the first and second track sections. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The cargo slide-out of claim 9, wherein the glides are fixedly mounted sliders of low friction material with v-shaped surfaces matable with the first and second track sections. ### Claim 11 In a vehicle having a cargo storage area, a cargo slide-out comprising: a drawer for containing vehicle cargo having a bottom and upright side walls at opposite first and second sides of the drawer; a guide frame having upright side walls at the first and second sides of the drawer to an outside of the drawer; a first set of glides mounted to each of the drawer side walls to extend toward the associated guide frame side wall; a second set of glides mounted to each of the guide frame side walls to extend toward the associated drawer side wall; and at least one track at each of the first and second sides of the drawer engaging the associated first and second sets of glides to connect the drawer to the guide frame and allow the drawer to slide relative to the guide frame such that a back end of the drawer is proximate a front end of the guide frame in an extended position of the drawer; wherein the at least one track at each of the first and second sides of the drawer is slideable with respect to the drawer and the guide frame; wherein there is only one track at each of the first and second sides of the drawer; wherein each track is a double-run track having a first section engaging the associated first set of glides of the associated drawer side wall and a second section engaging the associated second set of glides of the associated guide frame side wall; wherein the track has an E-shaped vertical cross-section. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cargo slide-out of claim 11, wherein the track is extruded aluminum. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The cargo slide-out of claim 11, wherein the first set of glides align along one or more rows that are vertically between one or more rows of the associated second set of glides. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The cargo slide-out of claim 1, wherein the drawer has a rear compartment that is of a height less than a height of a basement area of the vehicle between a vehicle frame member and a stationary floor of the vehicle. ### Claim 15 In a vehicle having a cargo storage area, a cargo slide-out comprising: a drawer for containing vehicle cargo having a bottom and upright side walls at opposite first and second sides of the drawer; a guide frame having upright side walls at the first and second sides of the drawer at an outside of the drawer; a first set of glides at the first side of the drawer at least one of which is mounted to the associated drawer side wall to extend toward the guide frame and at least one of which is mounted to the associated guide frame side wall to extend toward the drawer; a second set of glides at the second side of the drawer at least one of which is mounted to the associated drawer side wall to extend toward the guide frame and at least one of which is mounted to the associated guide frame side wall to extend toward the drawer; a first double-run track disposed between the drawer and the guide frame at the first side of the drawer and engaging the first set of glides; and a second double-run track disposed between the drawer and the guide frame at the second side of the drawer and engaging the second set of glides; wherein engagement of the first and second tracks and the respective first and second glides connect the drawer to the guide frame and allow the drawer to move relative to the guide frame such that a back end of the drawer can be brought proximate a front end of the guide frame in an extended position of the drawer; wherein the first and second tracks each define a pair of v-shaped grooves and a pair of v-shaped rails. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The cargo slide-out of claim 15, wherein the grooves are vertically between the rails. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The cargo-slide-out of claim 16, wherein the first and second tracks are E-shaped. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The cargo slide-out of claim 17, wherein each of the first and second set of glides is selected from the group of friction reducing members consisting of rollers and sliders. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The cargo slide-out of claim 18, wherein each glide defines a v-shaped surface matable with the grooves and rails of the first and second tracks. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The cargo slide-out of claim 15, wherein the first and second tracks are slideable with respect to the drawer and the guide frame.