Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1994-03-11
1995-03-28
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
296196, B62D 2112
Patent
active
054010560
ABSTRACT:
A modular vehicle is constructed of front, rear and center vehicular sections. The front vehicular section includes a steering wheel, front steerable wheels and a steering linkage mounted on a front chassis portion, with the steering linkage steerably connecting the steering wheel to the front steerable wheels. The rear vehicular section includes a motor, rear drive wheels and a drive transmission mounted on a rear chassis portion, with the drive transmission drivingly connecting the motor to the rear drive wheels. The center vehicular section has a seat and roll cage mounted on a center chassis portion. The modular vehicle also includes a plurality of releasable connections attached to and disposed between respective adjacent upright extending segments of the front, rear and center chassis portions of the front, rear and center vehicular sections. The releasable connections include a plurality of removably interfitted elements respectively attached on and projecting from the adjacent upright extending segments and a plurality of couplers for releasably securing the interfitted elements together to detachably attached the front and rear vehicular sections to the center vehicular section so as to permit interchangeability of sections of different designs and ease of transport of the vehicle.
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Ellis Christopher P.
Flanagan John R.
Focarino Margaret A.
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