Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Variable capacity of body
Patent
1976-04-21
1977-07-12
Goodman, Philip
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Variable capacity of body
292113, B62D 2300, E05C 502
Patent
active
040350169
ABSTRACT:
In a sheet metal cab structure for a vehicle provided with a rollover protection structure including a vertical post and a door hingedly mounted for movement between open and closed positions about a vertical axis closely adjacent the post, a door holding assembly including a base mounted on the door and including a stop at one end thereof positioned to engage the sheet metal cab at a location whereat the sheet metal is backed by the vertical post when the door is in an open position, a crank having a handle and an eccentric is journalled in the base and a resilient link is connected to the eccentric. Selectively operable securing devices including one end of the link remote from the eccentric and a bracket secured to the cab wall are provided so that the link may be selectively connected or disconnected from the sheet metal cab. A rotation limiting device is provided for limiting rotation of the crank relative to the base so that a resilient, over center action is provided allowing the resilience of the link to cause the stop to firmly abut the sheet metal cab at the location where it engages the same.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3847423 (1974-11-01), Gley
patent: 3940177 (1976-02-01), Miers
Caterpillar Tractor Co.
Goodman Philip
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