US Patent Issued to FOREST RIVER on June 30 for "Seal assembly of a slide-out for a fifth wheel travel trailer and system thereof" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,167, issued on June 30, was assigned to FOREST RIVER INC. (Elkhart, Ind.).

"Seal assembly of a slide-out for a fifth wheel travel trailer and system thereof" was invented by Ira Mullett (Shipshewana, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recreational travel trailer includes a chassis and a body supported by the chassis. The body includes a side wall that forms an opening, and a slide out assembly is movably coupled to the body or chassis. The slide out assembly includes an outer wall forming an outer periphery of the slide out assembly and at least one trim member coupled to the outer periphery of the slide out assembly. The slide ou...