Expanded interior space and improved access mini-van

Details Expanded interior space and improved access mini-van Expanded interior space and improved access mini-van

1990-10-05

1992-08-11

Bucci, David A.

Material or article handling

Self-loading or unloading vehicles

With load-receiving portion, or significant section thereof,...

280 4311, 280 4318, 296 25, 414537, 414921, B60P 143

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051374137

ABSTRACT:
An improvement in a vehicle such as a mini-van for transporting wheel chair bound people or large and bulky items is disclosed. A mini-van having a rear dropped axle and a door openable to the rear of the mini-van is converted into the improved mini-van. The improved mini-van is able to transport passengers or cargo as do ordinary mini-vans, and in addition may be quickly and easily converted to either simultaneously carry a wheelchair or bulky item and passengers if desired. The improved mini-van has a drop floor, a rear body piece having a cut-out section corresponding to the drop floor, a pivoting ramp for providing access to the drop floor, and a system for lowering the mini-van to make it more accessible to wheelchair bound people or easier to load bulky objects. The improved mini-van also includes a system for securing the wheelchair or bulky item within the mini-van. In addition, a removable covering for the drop floor is disclosed.

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4 pages of Dodge Plymouth Kneelkar Catalog.

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