Low profile vehicle construction

Details Low profile vehicle construction Low profile vehicle construction

1991-03-22

1992-05-12

Marmor, Charles A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

296182, B62D 2100

Patent

active

051120828

ABSTRACT:
A cargo vehicle includes a vehicle chassis and a body. The vehicle chassis has a pair of chassis frame rails to which the body is mounted. The body has a rear structural section and a front structural section. In the rear structural section, a pair of body longitudinal rails are mounted above the chassis rails. The body rails and the chassis rails are separated by a thin, vibration attenuating sheet of resilient material. A plurality of floor support members are mounted on and extend from the sides of the body and chassis rails, in contrast to prior art cargo vehicles which mounted the floor support members above the body rails. The thin, resilient separator material and the lowered floor support advantageously reduce the height of the cargo section floor. A ramp storage region is defined in the space within the body rails. In the front structural section, the ramp storage region is not required. A second pair of body longitudinal body rails is provided in the front section above the chassis rails. The front body rails have a reduced vertical dimension, permitting installation of floor support cross members on top of the body rails while providing a floor plank mounting height consistent with that of the rear structural section.

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