摘要 |
The invention is a modular truck sleeper assembly that allows truck sleepers of various sizes and trim levels to be built on the same assembly line by preassembling the floor and sides and connecting them together during final assembly. A floor made up of a plurality of cross-members attached, with a predetermined distance between the cross-members, to a plurality of sills, with a first member of a foot/shoe combination attached to each of the cross-members' ends, is previously assembled and groomed with panels and cabinetry. A plurality of sides made up of a bottom stringer, a top stringer, and a plurality of risers attached, with the same predetermined distance between the risers, between the bottom stringer and the top stringer, with a second member of the foot/shoe combination attached to each of the riser ends, are also previously assembled and groomed with panels and cabinetry. The sides and floor of the modular truck sleeper assembly are then assembled by attaching the corresponding members of the foot/shoe combinations together. The length of the assembled sleeper is substantially equal to an integral multiple of the predetermined distance.
|