Pickup truck camping body

Claim 2

The improvement in a camping body disposed in the bed of a standard pickup truck having a cab, said camping body having a flat, rigid roof and side and end upright walls, comprising: a. said roof being upwardly separable from the upper edges of said upright walls and there being roof elevation means at each corner of said body operative to raise said roof from a lower transportation position adjacent said upper edges to an upper camping position spaced above said upper edge a bed height, said roof in said lower transportation position being at a level less than a height above said cab sufficient to accomodate a bed and occupants and said roof in said upper camping position being at a level at least equal to a height above said cab sufficient to accommodate a bed and occupants, b. said camping body having two beds each wide enough to accommodate two people, and bed support means on said body supporting said beds for movement between an inner transportation position within the envelope defined by said body in said lower transportation position of said roof, and an outer camping position outwardly horizontally removed from said inner position and cantilevered horizontally out from front and rear end walls of said body, the forward bed in outer position extending over said cab, c. Flexible curtain means depending from said roof forming wall enclosures between said walls and said roof in said upper camping position of said roof, including sloping covers over said beds in said outer camping positions of said beds, d. said camping body in said lower transportation position of said roof being of standard camper shell height and said camping body in said upper camping position of said roof being of standard cab-over camper height, and e. said roof elevation means, beds, bed support means and curtain means being standard folding camping trailer parts.

Claim 3

The subject matter of claim 1 in which said one of said beds has foot means thereunder resting on said cab in said outer camping position thereof.

Claim 4

The subject matter of claim 1 in which one of said beds extends rearwardly and in which the rear end wall of said camping body has a door open to the upper edge of said rear wall, and in which the forward edge of said one of said beds is latched in an upper position relative to the position of the rear edge in the camping position of said beds, so that more head room is provided for access through said door when said one of said beds is not in use as a bed.

Claim 5

The improvement in a camping body disposed in the bed of a standard pickup truck having a cab, said camping body having a flat, rigid roof and side and end upright walls, comprising: a. said roof being upwardly separable from the upper edges of said upright walls and there being roof elevation means at each corner of said body operative to raise said roof from a lower transportation position adjacent said upper edges to an upper camping position spaced abovE said upper edge a bed height, said roof in said lower transportation position being at a level less than a height above said cab sufficient to accommodate a bed and occupants and said roof in said upper camping position being at a level at least equal to a height above said cab sufficient to accomodate a bed and occupants, b. said camping body having two beds each wide enough to accomodate two people, and bed support means on said body supporting said beds for movement between an inner transportation position within the envelope defined by said body in said lower transportation position of said roof, and an outer camping position outwardly horizontally removed from said inner position and cantilevered horizontally out from front and rear end walls of said body, the forward bed in outer position extending over said cab, c. flexible curtain means depending from said roof forming wall enclosures between said walls and said roof in said upper camping position of said roof, including sloping covers over said beds in said outer camping positions of said beds, d. One of said beds having foot means thereunder resting on said cab in said outer camping position thereof, and the other of said beds having foldable support means resting on said body, and e. said camping body in said lower transportation position of said roof being of standard camper shell height and said camping body in said upper camping position of said roof being of standard cab-over camper height.

Claim 6

The improvement in a camping body disposed in the bed of a standard pickup truck having a cab, said camping body having a flat, rigid roof and side and end upright walls, comprising: a. said roof being upwardly separable from the upper edges of said upright walls and there being roof elevation means at each corner of said body operative to raise said roof from a lower transportation position adjacent said upper edges to an upper camping position spaced abovE said upper edge a bed height, said roof in said lower transportation position being at a level less than a height above said cab sufficient to accommodate a bed and occupants and said roof in said upper camping position being at a level at least equal to a height above said cab sufficient to accomodate a bed and occupants, b. said camping body having two beds each wide enough to accomodate two people, and bed support means on said body supporting said beds for movement between an inner transportation position within the envelope defined by said body in said lower transportation position of said roof, and an outer camping position outwardly horizontally removed from said inner position and cantilevered horizontally out from front and rear end walls of said body, the forward bed in outer position extending over said cab, c. flexible curtain means depending from said roof forming wall enclosures between said walls and said roof in said upper camping position of said roof, including sloping covers over said beds in said outer camping positions of said beds, d. One of said beds having foot means thereunder resting on said cab in said outer camping position thereof, and the other of said beds having foldable support means resting on said body, and e. said camping body in said lower transportation position of said roof being of standard camper shell height and said camping body in said upper camping position of said roof being of standard cab-over camper height.