Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Enclosed compartment
Patent
1997-08-13
1999-11-23
Hoge, Gary C.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Enclosed compartment
410144, B60P 304
Patent
active
059887214
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a vehicle for transporting horses according to the preamble to claim 1.
When transporting horses, the horse is made to stand preferably in the direction of travel in a relatively narrow compartment, whose side walls laterally support the horse in a satisfactory manner while being transported. In the front part as seen in the direction of travel, the compartment is suitably limited by a thick horizontal bar, which, transversely of the direction of travel, is arranged on the same level as the shoulder of the horse to support the horse when braking the vehicle. Also in the rear part, the compartment is in many cases limited by a corresponding bar, which is mainly intended to confine the horse in the compartment during loading and unloading when the doors of the vehicle are open.
During loading and unloading and during transport, many horses are very nervous and, thus, unreliable. The risk of injuries when handling such horses is obvious and can only be reduced by certain elements of risk being, if possible, completely eliminated or at least restricted,
The greatest risk of injury when handling horses in connection with vehicle transportation arises when, for some reason, a horse has managed to put his front legs on the wrong side of the bar arranged in the front part of the compartment. The horse is then helplessly stuck on the bar and is in many cases seized with panic. The only way of getting the horse unhurt from this precarious situation is to release the bar, but traditionally this is possible only from the interior of the vehicle. This makes it necessary to go to the horse in the vehicle in order to reach the suspension means of the bar.
Traditional suspension means are formed almost like hinges, in which a plurality of hinge sleeves having vertical openings are arranged one above the other on the inside of the side walls of the compartment, each the bar has a sleeve corresponding to the space between two such hinge sleeves, and a loose pin is insertable into the hinge sleeves and the sleeve at the and of the bar to lock this. To release the end of the bar, merely the pin thus has to be pulled out, but, as mentioned above, this can be carried out only from the inside of the vehicle.
A further risk of injury, which is associated with the traditional bar suspension means, is that the hinge sleeves project from the side walls of the compartment and, thus, significantly increase the risk of injury caused by squeezing or tearing. Moreover, horse cloths or the like often get caught on the projecting hinge sleeves and can then be torn.
In view of the above described drawbacks of the traditional bar suspension means, the object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle for transporting horses, in which the above-mentioned risks are eliminated or at least reduced to a considerable extent.
This object is achieved by a vehicle for transporting horses, which is of the type mentioned by way of introduction and which has the features recited in the characterising clause of claim 1.
Preferred embodiments of the vehicle for transporting horses according to the invention are defined in the subclaims.
A preferred embodiment of a vehicle for transporting horses according to the invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a side view of a vehicle for transporting horses;
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the vehicle;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the steel framework of the vehicle;
FIGS. 4-6 illustrate on a larger scale sectional elements included in the framework in FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 is a side view of the sectional element in FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a side view of a piston means; and
FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate part of a sectional element and means included therein, partly in cross-section and in two different positions of use.
FIG. 1 shows a vehicle 1 for transporting horses, which comprises a wheel-mounted chassis 2 and, arranged thereon, a superstructure 3. The chassis 2 is designed in a conventional manner and need not be
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Hoge Gary C.
Tomon Arabians AB
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