Camping trailer lift with new and novel posts or jacks
View Patent ↗A lift for a travel trailer top is disclosed which includes new and novel corner posts or jacks each of which comprises a plurality of telescoping members designed for strength and rigidity with the upper two or three sections of the posts or jacks containing integral, marginal portions for containing push-pull rods or springs and the bottom or lower section designed basically rectangular with a fastening leg and to contain the push-pull rods or springs and receive and stabilize the upper two or three sections when the top is up or down and may further be turned over, top to bottom, to be used as the bottom or lower section of the posts or jacks on the opposite side of the trailer eliminating the need to create lefts or rights of the bottom or lower sections.
1. A lift for raising and lowering a top of a mobile trailer comprising:
a trailer body having corners;
a trailer top;
a plurality of telescopic jacks located adjacent each corner of said trailer body and supporting said trailer top;
an actuator mechanism mounted on said trailer body, and
a plurality of flexible push-pull elements connected to and extending from said actuator mechanism to said telescopic jacks for actuating said telescopic jacks to raise and lower said trailer top;
each of said plurality of telescopic jacks further comprising:
a plurality of telescoping members including an upper member, an intermediate member, and a lower member, each upper and intermediate member comprised of spaced apart upstanding portions being connected together through a connecting wall, and each lower member consisting of a singular upstanding portion having a leg extending outward of the upstanding portion through which fasteners may be placed to secure said lower member to an interior of said trailer body.
2. The lift of claim 1 , wherein said upstanding portion of the lower member has a rectangular shape, said leg and said upstanding portion defining a cross section into which one of said upstanding members of the intermediate and upper members descend into when said telescopic jack is actuated to lower said trailer top.