Towing vehicle
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsFumihiro Fukatsu, Hiroki Mori
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Abstract
A towing vehicle includes a vehicle body, a coupling device, a floor board, and a step. The coupling device is disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle body to connect a towing object to the vehicle body. The floor board is disposed in the vehicle body. The step is disposed in the vehicle body at a position lower than the floor board to form a level difference between the step and the floor board. The step includes an upper surface and a plurality of sides that bounds the upper surface. The plurality of sides includes at a rear portion of the upper surface a rear side that extends rearward and outward from the floor board. The vehicle body includes a rear surface that extends upward from the rear side.
Claims12
A towing vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body including a driver section;
- a coupling device at a rear portion of the vehicle body to connect a towing object to the vehicle body;
- a floor board disposed in the driver section of the vehicle body;
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- a step disposed in the vehicle body at a position lower than the floor board to form a level difference between the step and the floor board, wherein
- the step includes an upper surface and a plurality of sides that bounds the upper surface,
- the plurality of sides includes at a rear portion of the upper surface a rear side that extends rearward and outward from the floor board,
- the vehicle body includes a rear surface that extends upward from the rear side,
- the vehicle body further includes a battery housing located forward of the driver section, the battery housing storing therein a battery,
- the plurality of sides further includes, at a front portion of the upper surface, a front side that extends frontward and outward from the floor board, and
- the vehicle body further includes a front surface that extends upward from the front side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.