Abstract A camper loading system wherein a single drive gear mounted on a truck bed is adapted to drive a pair of driven gears and their associated load gears or one of the driven gears and its load gear individually, to thereby drive the load gear or load gears in meshing engagement with racks on the bottom of a camper body; extensible front legs, pivoted on a support shaft fixed to a weight distributing mounting plate on the side wall of a camper body, are movable between a camper supporting position and a stowed position; wheel carrying rear legs are attachable to either the camper body or to an adjustable bumper secured to the camper body and are movable between an extended support position beneath the camper body and an easily accessible stowed position; and an easily released lock is provided to automatically secure the camper body against sliding off of the truck bed after it has been loaded thereon.
A composite bumper for a camper body comprising a central section; outer sections partially overlapping said central section; each of the central and outer bumper sections having an inturned flange extending substantially normal to a main body portion, said inturned flanges forming part of the means for individually securing each of said central and outer body portions to a camper body; means for selectively interconnecting said central and outer sections to thereby adjust the length of the bumper; means for individually securing each of said central and outer sections to a camper body to project therebelow; leg support brackets; means for securing one of said leg support brackets to each of the outer sectioNs, whereby they form integral portions of the bumper; inturned flanges on the leg support brackets; and means for securing the inturned flanges of the leg support brackets to the bottom of a camper body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A composite bumper for a camper body comprising a central section; outer sections partially overlapping said central section; each of the central and outer bumper sections having an inturned flange extending substantially normal to a main body portion, said inturned flanges forming part of the means for individually securing each of said central and outer body portions to a camper body; means for selectively interconnecting said central and outer sections to thereby adjust the length of the bumper; means for individually securing each of said central and outer sections to a camper body to project therebelow; leg support brackets; means for securing one of said leg support brackets to each of the outer sectioNs, whereby they form integral portions of the bumper; inturned flanges on the leg support brackets; and means for securing the inturned flanges of the leg support brackets to the bottom of a camper body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A composite bumper as in claim 1, further including leg members; means pivotally connecting one of said leg members to each of said leg support brackets; and means for securing each such leg member in a downwardly extending position and at least one raised, stowed position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A composite bumper as in claim 2, wherein the leg members are each extensible legs.