Camper type vehicle and drive assembly for raising the top thereof

Claim 1

A mobile type housing comprising: a base portion, a top portion, a plurality of telescopic movable support members mounted on said base portion for supporting said top portion between a lowered position and a raised position relative to said base portion, a pair of lugs mounted on said base portion for movement between first positions and second positions, a plurality of flexible elongated incompressible connector elements each having one end thereof connected to one of said pair of lugs and another plurality of connector elements each having one end thereof connected to the other of said lugs, the other end of each of said flexible elongated connector elements respectively being connected to said support members at the innermost part thereof for moving said top portion from said lowered position to said raised position in response to simultaneous movement of said pair of lugs from their first positions to their second positions, drive means for simultaneously moving said lugs from their first positions to their second positions, said drive means including a single cable having end terminations with a first end termination secured to one of said pair of lugs and an intermediate portion secured to the other of said pair of lugs and a second end termination of said cable secured to a winch for winding and unwinding the cable portion between said second end termination and the secured intermediate portion, a pulley secured to said base for receiving said cable therethrough at a portion of the cable between said secured intermediate portion and said first end termination, whereby the portion of the cable going into said pulley moves in the opposite direction of the portion coming out of said pulley, and including a central, single master guide tube secured to said base portion, said pair of cable-pulled lugs slidably positioned within said master guide tube for linear movement therein in opposite directions.