Caravan window with ventilation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10683038-B2
Application number	US-201816110743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2018
Priority date	Aug 24, 2017
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

Rooflight or window 1 for vehicles, particularly for a recreational vehicle, comprising a window frame 2, the window frame 2 comprises a ventilation path allowing air exchange between the inside and the outside of the vehicle, wherein the window frame 2 comprises ventilation slots 4, 5 at least at a surface 8 of the window frame 2 facing the inside of the vehicle, wherein the rooflight or window 1 further comprises a cover 3 being connected to the window frame 2 and covering the surface 8 of the window frame 2 facing the inside of the vehicle, wherein along the outer edge of the window frame 2 a circumferential gap 9 is present between the window frame 2 and the cover 3 functioning as a canal for ventilation air.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rooflight or window for a recreational vehicle, comprising:
a window frame, wherein the window frame comprises a ventilation path allowing air exchange between an inside and an outside of the recreational vehicle, wherein the window frame comprises ventilation slots at least at a surface of the window frame facing the inside of the recreational vehicle,
a cover being connected to the window frame and at least partly covering the surface of the window frame, the cover located inside of the recreational vehicle and covering the ventilation slots;
wherein along an outer edge of the window frame a gap is present between the cover and a roof, wherein the gap further defines the ventilation path for ventilation air, and wherein direct sunlight is precluded from entering the recreational vehicle through the ventilation slots of the window frame.

2. The rooflight or window for a recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the cover is removably connected to the window frame.

3. The rooflight or window for a recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the surface of the window frame facing the inside of the recreational vehicle is parallel to a plane defined by the window frame.

4. The rooflight or window for a recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the ventilation slots are at least present on a surface of the window frame which is perpendicular to a plane defined by the surface of the window frame.

5. The rooflight or window for a recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the window frame comprises fixation structures on the surface of the window frame which has a plane parallel to a plane defined by the window frame for connecting the cover to the window frame.

6. The rooflight or window for a recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein along an inner edge of the window frame no circumferential gap is present corresponding to the gap along an outer edge of the window frame.

Assignees

• Dometic Sweden Ab

Inventors

• Fleckenstein Joachim
• Meda Samuele
• Horvath Robert

Classifications

• B60H1/267 Primary

  Openings in or near to vehicle windows · CPC title

• B60H1/262

  Openings in or on the vehicle roof · CPC title

• B60P3/32

  comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping, or like vehicles (tents or canopies, in general E04H15/00) · CPC title

• B60H1/00364

  for caravans or trailers · CPC title

• B62D25/06 Primary

  Fixed roofs (non-fixed roofs or like shelters B60J7/00; roof liners B60R13/02; insulating elements B60R13/08) · CPC title