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    June 2003 Volume 28 - Number 11    

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Full-Length RV-SuperSlide™ Introduced by RBW & SkyDeck

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SkyDeck Industries LLC has joined forces with RBW Industries, Inc. in bringing the first full-length RV-SuperSlide to RV manufacturers.

The patent pending SuperSlide obsoletes the need for multiple slideouts in the sidewalls of RVs.

With the new SuperSlide technology, the RBW slideout systems are nearly the fulllength of a motorhome or travel trailer, providing the most spacious interiors possible in an RV. While the RV industry is moving toward 4 and 5 slideouts in RVs, the result still produces an eight-foot wide interior, with little alcoves hanging out the side of the RV.

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The RBW SuperSlide moves the sidewalls of an RV apart to form true home-like spacious interiors nearly the full length of the RV.

Moreover, when two SuperSlides replace four or five conventional slideouts in an RV, costs, complexity, and weight goes down.

The near doublewide interior space of a SuperSlide equipped motorhome or trailer gives consumers 50% more living area within the same RV length. This means that a 30’ SuperSlide equipped RV is equal to a 44’ long non-slide RV.

And because there is a lot more interior space with SuperSlide… motor homes and trailers can be made shorter while still giving more interior space to consumers than available in longer non-slide RVs. This means that driving and parking can be a whole lot easier with a SuperSlide equipped RV. For example, a 24 foot long SuperSlide equipped RV (which is about the same length as a UPS delivery van… and is not much longer than a SUV), provides the same interior space as a 35’ non-slide RV.

It is expected that these shorter, handier, faster, less costly, and more economical SuperSlide equipped RVs will appeal to the younger and more active sector of the market.

Major brand motorhomes and trailers featuring SuperSlides will be formally shown to the RV dealers throughout the U.S. and Canada at the Louisville RV Show in December of this year.

"The SuperSlide eliminates the stability issues inherent in using multiple, smaller slides while simultaneously increasing the amount of usable living space in a coach," said Jim Teeter, president of SkyDeck Industries. "The slideout remains one of the most popular RV innovations of the past decade, and the SuperSlide is the logical ‘next step’ in the evolutionary process."

SkyDeck Industries LLC, a high-technology vehicle design firm, announced the multiple pending patents and development of the SuperSlide last year. SkyDeck licensed RBW Industries, Inc. as the exclusive technology partner in bringing the new SuperSlide System into the market. The SuperSlide is an element from the multiple patents for Comprehensive RV Construction Systems, which include the rooftop SkyDeck, the SuperPower Hybrid-Electric Heavy-Vehicle Drive Systems, Modular RV Systems, and two new lines of Amphibious RVs. The rooftop SkyDeck is in production with Airstream, Thor America, and Top Deck RVs.

"All of our current slide out systems are specifically engineered for each application of our customers RVs, so making the more sophisticated SuperSlide System fits easily within our specialized engineering and manufacturing processes," explained Ray Blodgett, president of RBW Industries, Inc. "We expect the SuperSlide will offer the OEM an opportunity to develop new and creative floor plans currently not available due to existing space limitations.

For Additional Information

Information on ordering a SuperSlide System is available by contacting Jay Lambert, VP Sales & Marketing, at (800) 451-7821. Additional information is also available at the Company’s website, www.rbwindustries. com.

Information on becoming a SkyDeck dealer or manufacturer, ordering a custom vehicle, and investor information is available by contacting Jim Teeter at (909) 213-2135. Additional information is also available at the Company’s website, www.skydeckrv.com.


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