Motor vehicles – Bodies – Tractor and similar vehicle cabs
Patent
1989-12-11
1991-07-23
Rice, Kenneth R.
Motor vehicles
Bodies
Tractor and similar vehicle cabs
280787, 296183, 296193, B62D 3306, B62D 4900
Patent
active
050335677
ABSTRACT:
A novel low profile vehicle, and a novel method for converting normal profile vehicles into the same, is disclosed. The low profile vehicle disclosed herein is adapted for use in a variety of applications, such as mining operations and aircraft maintenance applications. Selected components and assemblies found in a normal profile vehicle are removed from the normal profile vehicle's original frame and retained and/or modified for use in a completed low profile vehicle in accordance with the present invention. The operator's cab of the original normal profile vehicle is modified for use in the completed low profile vehicle. A frame extension is added to the forward end of the frame of the normal profile vehicle to form a split level frame in a position forward of the front wheels. The cab is shortened and otherwise modified and attached to the frame extension. The lower level of the frame extension allows the shortened cab to be secured to the frame extension and still not exceed the maximum height allowed for the low profile vehicle. The described low profile vehicle provides many features and better performance than previously available in low profile vehicles and achieves such performance and features more economically than possible with prior art low profile vehicles.
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Marketing Brochure for the EIMCO 955 Minetender Carrier, EIMCO Mining Machinery International.
Marketing Brochure for A. L. Lee Corp. Model 1112-4D Personnel Transporter.
Marketing Brochure of Getman Corp. A64 Series Personnel Carrier.
Potential Public Use by Mountain Pacific Transport of Pleasant Grove, Utah (as evidenced by photographs 1-6).
Enke Glenn L.
Washburn David J.
Rice Kenneth R.
Washburn David J.
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