US 12,391,102 B2
Camper with strut, latching, hatch-securing and awning systems
Lee Wilkerson, Stanwood, WA (US)
Filed by Lee Wilkerson, Stanwood, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,645.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/329,060, filed on Apr. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0322148 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 7/16 (2006.01); B60P 3/34 (2006.01); E04H 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/1657 (2013.01) [B60J 7/1621 (2013.01); B60P 3/341 (2013.01); E04H 15/06 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camper and strut system, comprising:
a camper having:
a) a roof having a first structural element and a second structural element; and
b) a first sidewall having third structural element and a second sidewall having a fourth structural element;
wherein (i) the first structural element is adapted to interface with the third structural element, (ii) the second structural element is adapted to interface with the fourth structural element, and (iii) interfacing of the first structural element with third structural element and interfacing of the second structural element with the fourth structural element provides the camper with a strut system that reinforces the roof, the first sidewall and the second sidewall against torsion forces when the camper is in a closed configuration;
wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall (iv) each have a bottom that is adapted to mate with bedrails of a bed of a truck, and (v) form opposing planar structures that intervene between the roof and the bedrails of the truck when the camper is installed on the truck and the roof is in a closed position;
wherein (vi) the first structural element and the second structural element each include at least one of a first protrusion that extends beyond a plane of a bottom of the roof and a first indentation that forms a depression in the bottom of the roof; (vii) the third structural element at least one of a second protrusion and a second indentation each on a top of the first sidewall, and (viii) the fourth structural element is at least one of a third protrusion and a third indentation each on a top of the second sidewall.