A vehicle has a roof with a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall. The roof has a rearward section with small openings and a forward section with one large opening. A deck has an upper and a lower surface. The deck is located above the rearward section of the roof. Support members are ve
A vehicle has a roof with a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall. The roof has a rearward section with small openings and a forward section with one large opening. A deck has an upper and a lower surface. The deck is located above the rearward section of the roof. Support members are vertically oriented and extend through the small openings in the roof. Each support member has a top and a bottom with each bottom coupled to the floor. Each top is coupled to the deck. The support members have a length to hold the entire deck a fixed distance above the top of the roof. The cross sectional area of each support member is a percentage of the cross sectional area of each small opening.
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What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 1. An above vehicle roof deck system comprising: a vehicle having a roof with a forward section and a rearward section and having a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall, the r
What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 1. An above vehicle roof deck system comprising: a vehicle having a roof with a forward section and a rearward section and having a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall, the roof having a plurality of openings including small openings in the rearward section and one large opening in the forward section; a deck with an upper surface and a lower surface located above the rearward section of the roof; and support members being vertically oriented and extending through the small openings in the roof, each support member having a top coupled to the deck and a bottom coupled to the floor, the support members having a length to hold the deck a fixed distance above the top of the roof, the cross sectional area of each support member being a reduced percentage of the cross sectional area of each opening. 2. An above vehicle roof deck system comprising: a vehicle having a roof with a forward section and a rearward section and having a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall, the roof having a plurality of openings; a deck with an upper surface and a lower surface located above the roof; support members being vertically oriented and extending through the openings in the roof, each support member having a top and a bottom with each support member coupled to the floor, the support members having a length to hold the deck a fixed distance above the top of the roof, the cross sectional area of each support member being a reduced percentage of the cross sectional area of each opening; and an elastomeric seal between sides of the support members and the openings. 3. An above vehicle roof deck system comprising: a vehicle having a roof with a forward section and a rearward section and having a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall, the roof having a plurality of openings including small openings and a large opening; a deck with an upper surface and a lower surface located above the roof; support members being vertically oriented and extending through the openings in the roof, each support member having a top and a bottom with each support member coupled to the floor, the support members having a length to hold the deck a fixed distance above the top of the roof, the cross sectional area of each support member being a reduced percentage of the cross sectional area of each opening; and a ladder extending through the large opening with a lower end supported on the floor of the vehicle and a higher end in contact with the deck. 4. The system as set forth in claim 3 wherein the lower end of the ladder is supported on the floor of the vehicle beneath a forward section of the roof and the higher end is in contact with the deck above a rearward section of the roof. 5. An above vehicle roof deck system comprising: a vehicle having a roof with a forward section and a rearward section and having a top and a floor with a connecting peripheral wall, the roof having a plurality of openings; a deck with an upper surface and a lower surface located above the roof; and support members being vertically oriented and extending through the openings in the roof, each support member having a top and a bottom with each support member coupled to the floor, the support members having a length to hold the deck a fixed distance above the to of the roof, the cross sectional area of each support member being a reduced percentage of the cross sectional area of each opening wherein the bottom of each support member includes a coupling component attaching the support member to the floor. 6. An above vehicle roof deck system for extending the available user space of recreational vehicles in a safe, convenient and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination: a recreational vehicle having a frame, a forward end and a rearward end and sides, a roof above and a floor below; the roof having a top; the forward end, rearward end and sides forming a connecting peripheral wall; the floor having an upper surface and a lower surface; the recreational vehicle having a primary user space defined by the peripheral wall, the floor and the roof; the roof having a rearward section with four small rectangular openings having sides and being adjacent to the corners of the rearward section; the roof having a forward section having one large rectangular opening adjacent to the rearward section; a planar deck in a rectangular configuration with an upper surface and a lower surface located above the rearward section of the roof, the deck consisting of planks welded together, the deck having a rear edge adjacent to the rearward end of the vehicle, the deck having a front edge adjacent to the forward section of the roof, the deck having side edges adjacent to the side walls of the vehicle, a collapsible railing with a free upper end and a lower end with hinges coupling the railing to the upper surface of the deck; a beam, in two sections, welded to the underside of the deck with a beam flange welded in four locations to the beam; four similarly constructed support members, each support member being vertically oriented and extending through one of the four small openings in the roof, each support member having sides and a top and a bottom with each bottom coupled to the floor, four upper flanges coupling the tops of the support members to the lower surface of the deck with the beam flanges aligned and connected to corresponding upper flanges; each support member being hollow for the positioning of transmission lines from adjacent to the floor to above the deck, the support members having a length to hold the entire deck a fixed distance above the top of the roof and create an intermediate air space, the cross sectional area of each support member being about 90 percent of the cross sectional area of each small opening with all of the sides of each support member equally spaced from the sides of each small opening; an elastomeric seal between the sides of the support members and the small opening; a ladder extending through the large opening with a lower end supported on the floor of the vehicle beneath the forward section of the roof and a higher end in contact with the deck above the rearward section of the roof; and a waterproof hatch pivotally secured to the roof adjacent to the large opening, the hatch having a hinge to pivot the hatch to an open orientation when the ladder is operationally oriented extending through the large opening, the hatch being pivotable to a closed orientation when the ladder is not extending through the large opening to close the vehicle from the weather.
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