Foldable support apparatus for the upper bed deck of a mobile home unit

Claim 2

In a vehicle body having a pair of opposite sidewalls and a ceiling wall, a support apparatus for supporting an upper deck bed between said sidewalls for vertical movement to an elevated position adjacent said ceiling wall and to a lowered position suspended from said ceiling wall, said support apparatus comprising: a. a pair of foldable support structures corresponding to the ends of the upper deck, each support structure including a pair of lever assemblies each of which comprises an operating lever and a suspension lever pivoted together at one of the ends thereof, b. pivot means for supporting the otHer ends of of the operating levers from the ceiling wall, c. second pivot means for connecting the other ends of the suspension levers to corresponding ends of the upper deck, d. with the operating lever and suspension lever member in each lever assembly being extended in an end-to-end relation and said pair of lever assemblies inclined inwardly toward each other when the upper deck is in the lowered position therefor, and the operating levers in each of said support structures being extended toward each other transversely of the upper deck when the upper deck is in the elevated position therefor, e. means for releasably locking one of the operating levers against pivotal movement in the lowered and elevated positions of said upper deck bed, and f. means interconnecting the operating levers in each support structure for concurrent pivotal movement.

Claim 3

In a vehicle body having a pair of opposite sidewalls and a ceiling wall, a support apparatus for supporting an upper deck bed between said sidewalls for vertical movement to an elevated position adjacent said ceiling wall and to a lowered position suspended from said ceiling wall, said support apparatus comprising: a. a pair of foldable structures corresponding to opposite ends of said upper deck bed, each of which includes an elongated flat mounting member extended transversely of the upper deck bed and secured to the ceiling wall at a position between a sidewall and an adjacent end of the upper deck bed, b. a pair of pivoted lever assemblies corresponding to each mounting member, each lever assembly including an operating lever and a suspension lever pivotally connected to together at one of the ends thereof, each operating lever having the other end thereof pivotally supported adjacent an end of a corresponding mounting member. c. pivot means connecting the other end of a suspension lever with a corresponding end of said upper deck bed to provide for said two lever members in a lever assembly being in an end-to-end relation and said pair of lever assemblies inclined inwardly toward each other when the upper deck bed is in the lowered position therefor, d. a tie rod pivotally interconnected to the pair of operating levers corresponding to each mounting bracket to provide for a concurrent pivotal movement of said pair of operating levers from said upright positions therefor to positions projected inwardly toward each other wherein the upper deck bed is in the elevated position therefor, and e. means for releasably locking said lever assemblies against relative pivotal movement when said upper deck bed is in the elevated and lowered positions therefor.

Claim 4

In a vehicle body having a pair of opposite sidewalls and a ceiling wall, a support apparatus for supporting an upper deck bed between said sidewalls for vertical movement to an elevated position adjacent said ceiling wall and to a lowered position suspended from said ceiling wall, said support apparatus comprising: a. a pair of foldable structures corresponding to opposite ends of said upper deck bed, each of which includes an elongated flat mounting member extended transversely of the upper deck bed and secured to the ceiling wall at a position between a sidewall and an adjacent end of the upper deck bed, b. a pair of pivoted lever assemblies corresponding to each mounting member, each lever assembly including an operating lever and a suspension lever pivotally connected to together at one of the ends thereof, each operating lever having the other end thereof pivotally supported adjacent an end of a corresponding mounting member. c. pivot means connecting the other end of a suspension lever with a corresponding end of said upper deck bed to provide for said two lever members in a lever assembly being in an end-to-end relation and said pair of lever assemblies inclined inwardly toward each other when the upper deck bed is in the lowered position therefor, d. a tie rod pivotally interconnected to the pair of operating levers corresponding to each mounting bracket to provide for a concurrent pivotal movement of said pair of operating levers from said upright positions therefor to positions projected inwardly toward each other wherein the upper deck bed is in the elevated position therefor, and e. means for releasably locking said lever assemblies against relative pivotal movement when said upper deck bed is in the elevated and lowered positions therefor.

Claim 5

The invention according to claim 2 including: a. means interconnected between the pairs of operating levers on each mounting member for yieldably urging said operating levers for pivotal movement inwardly toward each other.

Claim 6

The invention according to claim 2 wherein: a. said locking means includes a pivoted latch member on each mounting member, b. a first catch member on an operating lever corresponding to said mounting member, and c. a second catch member on said upper deck bed, d. said latch member being pivotally movable into locking engagement with said first catch member when the upper deck is in the lowered position therefor, and into locking engagement with the second catch member when the upper deck is in the elevated position therefor.