Systems, devices, and methods for extending a floor

摘要

A system, machine, device, and/or manufacture that is configured for, relates to, and/or results from, and/or a method for activities that can comprise and/or relate to, extending a floor, such as a floor of deck, patio, platform, and/or a vehicle, such as a trailer and/or truck from a compressed arrangement to an extended arrangement.

主权项

1. A machine comprising:
a flooring system operably configured to extend, in an extension direction that is substantially parallel to a plane that defines a forward travel direction of a wheeled vehicle to which the flooring system is configured to be operably attached, from a compressed arrangement to an extended arrangement, the vehicle comprising a least one wheel operably configured to convey the vehicle in the forward travel direction, the flooring system comprising:
a first plurality of flooring modules that are operably configured to be hingeably connected to each other; anda floor support assembly operably configured to support the first foldable plurality of flooring modules, the floor support assembly comprising:
an elongated first floor support that is operably configured to substantially extend in the extension direction relative to the wheel;an elongated second floor support operably configured to substantially surround a portion of the first floor support; anda protrusion operably configured to:
protrude from the first floor support;be slideably received in an elongated slot in the second floor support; anddefine, in combination with the slot, an extent of movement, in the extension direction, of the first floor support relative to the second floor support.