Low profile vehicle
AssigneeWorldwind Services, LLC
InventorsBryan Miller, Brad Rolin
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Abstract
A low profile vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes front and rear modules joined to one another by a central truss. The vehicle further includes an operator seat with a bottom cushion having a support surface that is below an axle line of a wheel connected to the front module. The vehicle can include a mower assembly that is carried by the rear module. A steering linkage can be included to change an angle of the front module relative to the central truss and the rear module in a horizontal plane, allowing the vehicle to be steered. A ram acting on a rear pivot assembly can be included to change an angle of the rear module relative to the central truss and the front module in a vertical plane, allowing a height of the mower assembly to be varied.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a front module, including:
- at least a first wheel;
- a seat, wherein a bottom of the seat is below an axle line of the first wheel;
- a front pivot assembly;
- a central truss, wherein the central truss is connected to the front module by the front pivot assembly;
- a rear pivot assembly;
- and
- a rear module, including:
- at least a first wheel, wherein the rear module is connected to the central truss by the rear pivot assembly.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a front module, including:
- a first pair of wheels, wherein the first pair of wheels is mounted to a rearward portion of the front module;
- a second pair of wheels, wherein the second pair of wheels is mounted to a forward portion of the front module;
- a seat, wherein a support surface of a lower portion of the seat is below an axle line of the first pair of wheels, and wherein the support surface of the lower portion of the seat is below an axle line of the second pair of wheels;
- and a rear module, including:
- a third pair of wheels, wherein the rear module is interconnected to the front module.
A method of mowing beneath a structure, comprising:
- providing a self-propelled vehicle having an operator seat beneath an axle line of the vehicle and having a mower assembly;
- and
- driving the vehicle under at least a portion of the structure while operating the mower assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.