Seal assembly for mobile living quarters
View Patent ↗A seal assembly for mobile living quarters seals around a slide-out room, includes a pair of attaching members extending along the inside and outside surfaces of the main living area wall at an aperture through which the slide-out room moves, and further includes a connecting member extending between the attaching members and along the edge of the wall defining the aperture. A wiper seal extends from the connecting member to flex against the walls of the slide-out room, and the connecting member further includes an accordion pleat for adjusting the distance between the attaching members to thereby accommodate walls of different thicknesses.
1. A seal assembly for mobile living quarters having:
main living area walls defining a main living area; and
an aperture in one of said main living area walls slidably receiving a room having room walls defining auxiliary living space; said one main living area wall having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a transverse surface extending between the inside and outside surfaces, said transverse surface defining said aperture; said seal assembly having a pair of attaching members extending along said one main living area wall at said aperture, said attaching members secured to said inside and outside surfaces, at least one of said attaching members carries a pair of parallel rails, each of said parallel rails cooperating with one said attaching member to define facing grooves cooperating to define a generally T-shaped slot, said bulb sealing member having a T-shaped tab received within said slot to secure said bulb sealing member to the attaching member, and a connecting member extending between said attaching members and along said transverse surface, said connecting member including an adjuster for adjusting the distance between the attaching members, said slide-out room being movable between fully extended and fully retracted positions and carries at least one flange projecting outwardly from said slide-out room walls, a bulb sealing member mounted on at least one of said attaching members and being engaged by said flange when said slide-out room is in the fully extended or fully retracted position.
2. Seal assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of said attaching members includes a third rail extending parallel to said pair of parallel rails, said bulb sealing member including a lip engaging said third rail.
3. Seal assembly for mobile living quarters having:
main living area walls defining a main living area; and
an aperture in one of said main living area walls slidably receiving a room having room walls defining auxiliary living space; said one main living area wall having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a transverse surface extending between the inside and outside surfaces, said transverse surface defining said aperture; said seal assembly having a pair of attaching members extending along said one main living area wall at said aperture, said attaching members secured to said inside and outside surfaces, and a connecting member extending between said attaching members and along said transverse surface, said connecting member including an adjuster for adjusting the distance between the attaching members, said connecting member extending across the transverse surface to permit attaching members to be mounted on their inside and outside surfaces, wherein said adjuster permits the connecting member to be adjusted to accommodate said main living area walls of different thicknesses, said adjuster being an accordion pleat in said connecting member.
4. Seal assembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said accordion pleat is defined between first and second parallel score lines defining a pair of corresponding fold lines, and a third score line defining a third fold line between and extending parallel to said first and second score lines.