Fire apparatus
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsChad Ryczek, John Schultz, Ken Sebo, Aaron Zak, Nicole Riggles, David Budiac, Frank Matschnig
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Abstract
A fire apparatus includes a chassis, a front cabin coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the front cabin where the body has a top side, an operator platform coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, a control panel coupled to the body and accessible by the operator while the operator is positioned on the operator platform, and a step coupled to the body and positioned to facilitate the operator with climbing from the operator platform onto the top side of the body.
Claims20
A fire apparatus comprising:
- a chassis;
- a front cabin coupled to the chassis;
- a body coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the front cabin, the body having a top side;
- an operator platform coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator;
- a control panel coupled to the body and accessible by the operator while the operator is positioned on the operator platform;
- and
- a step coupled to the body and positioned to facilitate the operator with climbing from the operator platform onto the top side of the body.
A fire apparatus comprising:
- a chassis;
- a front cabin;
- a body positioned rearward of the front cabin, the body having a top side;
- an operator platform positioned between the front cabin and the body, the operator platform configured to support an operator;
- a control panel coupled to the body and accessible by the operator while the operator is positioned on the operator platform;
- and
- a deployable step coupled to a front side of the body;
- wherein:
- a surface of the body upon which the control panel is coupled provides a fixed step above the deployable step;
- the control panel defines a recess that extends at least partially around the fixed step;
- and
- the deployable step and the fixed step are positioned to facilitate the operator with climbing from the operator platform onto the top side of the body.
A fire apparatus comprising:
- a chassis;
- a front cabin;
- a body positioned rearward of the front cabin, the body having a top side;
- an operator platform positioned between the front cabin and the body, the operator platform configured to support an operator, the operator platform including a first deployable step coupled to a lateral side of the operator platform;
- a control panel coupled to the body and accessible by the operator while the operator is positioned on the operator platform;
- a second deployable step coupled to a front side of the body;
- and
- a third deployable step coupled to the front side of the body, the third deployable step positioned vertically above the second deployable step;
- wherein:
- a surface of the body upon which the control panel is coupled provides a fixed step above the third deployable step;
- the control panel defines a recess that extends at least partially around the fixed step;
- and
- the first deployable step, the second deployable step, the third deployable step, and the fixed step are positioned to facilitate the operator with climbing from a ground surface, onto the operator platform, and onto the top side of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.