Recreational vehicle with reconfigurable floor plan

摘要

A method of making a RV and a RV made thereby having a plurality of compartments whose floorspace ratio can be selectively altered according to the usage status of the vehicle without increasing the total floorspace footprint by internal movement of structural features and user fixtures normally supported on the vehicle floorspace. For example, an RV can be made wherein the relative position of a dividing wall between compartments is movable with respect to those compartments and, at the same time, a seating fixture within one compartment can be moved along the floor between optimizable positions according to the usable floor space within that compartment.

主权项

1. A process of increasing the functionality/weight ratio or the functionality/length ratio of a recreational vehicle comprising the steps of:
a. establishing the footprint of the recreational vehicle during manufacture, b. selecting an initial floor plan within that footprint having at least a first and a second separately defined compartment, each with an initial floor space and structural features, c. providing the first compartment with at least one fixture which is movable between at least a first and second predetermined location, the at least one fixture being directly connected to at least one of the structural features d. providing means directly connected to the at least one fixture operable to move the at least one fixture between at least the first and second predetermined locations; and e. wherein operation of the means directly connected to the at least one fixture directly imparts movement to the at least one fixture and movement of the at least one fixture directly imparts movement to the structural features of the first compartment to which the at least one fixture is directly connected such that the ratio of the floorspace of the first compartment changes with respect to the floorspace of the second compartment without changing the footprint.