Minicamper

Claim 2

A camper body in combination with a chassis having front and rear wheels and a hood and front fenders supported thereon by a cowling support provided with shoulders on the side faces thereof, and including a floorboard having bracket arms extending rearwardly and angularly upwardly from the rear sides thereof, said camper body comprising top, front, rear and sidewalls, with the lower portion of the front wall forming a frame disposed below an opening provided on the front wall for a windshield, said sidewalls having inwardly extending side floorboard portions on the bottoms thereof and provided with an upwardly stepped portion on the rear bottom thereof spaced inwardly of the rear wall thereof, and a transverse support member beneath said stepped portion, said transverse support member being shorter than and centered in the spacing between the sidewalls, said camper body being mounted on said chassis with said frame on the front wall fitted about said cowling support and anchored to the top thereof with the sides of said frame being seated against the shoulders formed on the respective side faces of the cowling support and with the inwardly extending side floorboard portions on the bottom of the sidewalls disposed adjacent to and anchored to the sides of the floorboard of said chassis to provide a continuation thereof, and with the transverse support member beneath the stepped portion thereof resting on and anchored to said bracket arms, whereby the inwardly extending floorboard portions on the bottoms of the sidewalls of the camper body provide for the floorboard of the assembled camper body being on the order of half again wider than the width of the floorboard of the chassis, and whereby the stepped portion on the rear bottom of the camper body provides clearance within the sidewalls for the rear wheels on the chassis.

Claim 3

The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein said chassis has a motor mounted on the rear thereof and wherein the bottom of said camper body includes an additional upwardly stepped portion disposed rearwardly of said stepped portion, said additional stepped portion providing for extending the bottom of said camper body over said motor.

Claim 4

The invention in accordance with claim 1 including a transverse wall on the rear of the floorboard of said chassis having a flat upper edge, said stepped portion including a vertically disposed member whose lower flat edge mates with the flat upper edge of said transverse wall, and means for anchoring the lower edge of said vertically disposed member to the upper edge of said transverse wall.

Claim 5

The invention in accordance with claim 1 including an overhang portion on the top of the windshield opening on the front wall of the camper body.

Claim 6

The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the forward ends of the bottom side floorboard portions on said body are inclined rearwardly and outwardly from the floorboard of the chassis.

Claim 7

The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein said floorboard of said chassis includes a longitudinal tunnel disposed centrally along the length thereof, and said bottom of the camper body includes an integral portion between the side floorboard portions thereof which is supported by the floorboard of said chassis and includes a tunnel which fits over the tunnel of said chassis.

Claim 8

The invention in accordance with claim 6 wherein said camper body including the bottom side floorboard portions and the integral portion between said side floorboard portions is a molded structure.

Claim 9

The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein said camper body is fabricated from wood frame structures with panelling on the interior surface thereof and metal sheeting on the exterior surface thereof and with insulation therebetween.

Claim 10

A camper body in combination with a chassis having front and rear wheels and a hood and front fenders supported thereon by a cowling support provided with shoulders on the side faces thereof, and including a floorboard having bracket arms extending rearwardly and angularly upwardly from the rear sides thereof, said camper body comprising top, front, rear and sidewalls with the lower portion of the front wall forming a frame disposed below an opening provided on the front wall for a windshield, said sidewalls having inwardly extending side floorboard portions on the bottoms thereof and provided with an upwardly stepped portion on the rear bottom thereof spaced inwardly of the rear wall thereof, and a transverse support member anchored beneath said stepped portion, said transverse support member being shorter than and centered in the spacing between the sidewalls, said camper body being mounted on said chassis with the top of the frame on the front wall thereof seated against and anchored to the top of said cowling support and with the sides of said frame being seated against the respective side faces of the cowling support so as to abut the shoulders formed thereon and with the inwardly extending side floorboard portions on the bottoms of the sidewalls supported in part on and anchored to respective side portions of the floorboard of said chassis to provide for the widening thereof, and with the transverse support member beneath the stepped portion thereof supported on and anchored to said bracket arms, whereby the inwardly extending floorboard portions on the bottoms of the sidewalls of the camper body provide for the floorboard of the assembled camper body being on the order of half again wider than the width of the floorboard of the chassis, and whereby the transverse support member beneath the stepped portion on the rear bottom of the camper body provides clearance within the sidewalls for the rear wheels on the chassis.

Claim 11

A camper body in combination with a chassis having front and rear wheels and a hood and front fenders supported thereon by a cowling support provided with shoulders on the side faces thereof, and including a floorboard having bracket arms extending rearwardly and angularly upwardly from the rear sides thereof, said camper body comprising top, front, rear and sidewalls with the lower portion of the front wall forming a frame disposed below an opening provided on the front wall for a windshield, said sidewalls having inwardly extending side floorboard portions on the bottoms thereof and provided with an upwardly stepped portion on the rear bottom thereof spaced inwardly of the rear wall thereof, and a transverse support member anchored beneath said stepped portion, said transverse support member being shorter than and centered in the spacing between the sidewalls, said camper body being mounted on said chassis with the top of the frame on the front wall thereof seated against and anchored to the top of said cowling support and with the sides of said frame being seated against the respective side faces of the cowling support so as to abut the shoulders formed thereon and with the inwardly extending side floorboard portions on the bottoms of the sidewalls supported in part on and anchored to respective side portions of the floorboard of said chassis to provide for the widening thereof, and with the transverse support member beneath the stepped portion thereof supported on and anchored to said bracket arms, whereby the inwardly extending floorboard portions on the bottoms of the sidewalls of the camper body provide for the floorboard of the assembled camper body being on the order of half again wider than the width of the floorboard of the chassis, and whereby the transverse support member beneath the stepped portion on the rear bottom of the camper body provides clearance within the sidewalls for the rear wheels on the chassis.