Monaco Coach Corporation

Holiday Rambler Corporation

Todd C Krenelka

Thomas J Ward

Anthony J DiBiagio

Gordon G Hastings

A flexible plumbing assembly for use in a trailer with an extensible cabin having rigid plumbing that can be moved between a retracted position wherein the extensible cabin is substantially inside the trailer and an extended position wherein the extensible cabin is substantially outside the trailer. The flexible plumbing assembly comprising a flexible hose connecting the trailer rigid plumbing to the cabin rigid plumbing, a sliding guide for horizontally moving the connection of the flexible hose to the cabin rigid plumbing at a constant elevation relative to the cabin floor as the cabin rigid plumbing moves with the cabin between the extended and retracted positions, and hose guide for ensuring that material in the flexible hose moves in the proper direction as the cabin moves between the extended and retracted positions. In the preferred embodiment the sliding guide comprises a support bracket which holds the connection of the flexible hose to the cabin rigid plumbing and is slidably attached to a track that is generally parallel to both the floor and the front and rear walls of the cabin.

Flexible plumbing assembly

A flexible plumbing assembly is provided for use in a trailer with an extensible cabin having rigid plumbing that can be moved between a retracted position wherein the extensible cabin is substantially inside the trailer and an extended position wherein the extensible cabin is substantially outside the trailer. The flexible plumbing assembly comprises a flexible hose connecting the trailer rigid plumbing to the cabin rigid plumbing, a sliding guide for horizontally moving the connection of the flexible hose to the cabin rigid plumbing at a constant elevation relative to the cabin floor as the cabin rigid plumbing moves with the cabin between the extended and retracted positions, and a hose guide for ensuring that material in the flexible hose moves in the proper direction as the cabin moves between the extended and retracted positions. In the preferred embodiment, the sliding guide comprises a support bracket which hold the connection of the flexible hose to the cabin rigid plumbing and is slidably attached to a track that is generally parallel to both the floor and the front and rear walls of the cabin.

A flexible plumbing assembly for use in a trailer with an extensible cabin having rigid plumbing that can be moved between a retracted position wherein the extensible cabin is substantially inside the trailer and an extended position wherein the extensible cabin is substantially outside the trailer. The flexible plumbing assembly comprising a flexible hose connecting the trailer rigid plumbing to the cabin rigid plumbing, a sliding arrangement for horizontally moving the connection of the flexible hose to the cabin rigid plumbing at a constant elevation relative to the cabin floor as the cabin rigid plumbing moves with the cabin between the extended and retracted positions, and a hose guiding arrangement for ensuring that material in the flexible hose moves in the proper direction as the cabin moves between the extended and retracted positions. In the preferred embodiment the sliding arrangement comprises a support bracket which holds the connection of the flexible hose to the cabin rigid plumbing and is slidably attached to a track that is generally parallel to both the floor and the front and rear walls of the cabin.

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Hilliard, OH, United States of America

Todd C Krenelka