Vehicle body
OwnerB. Michael Flahertyinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle body comprises a pair of opposite side panels and one or more rear panels, all of which are cut from flat sheet material so that the peripheral edges of all the panels are defined by straight lines. The side panels have upper and lower portions connected by straight bend lines. A floor panel extending between the side panels and additional panels along the inside of each side panel cooperate to form three triangularly shaped hollow beams extending lengthwise of the body.
Claims24
A vehicle body comprising a pair of opposite front side panels formed of a self-supporting material and having rectilinear top and bottom edges, each side panel comprising an upper portion and a lower portion connected along a generally horizontal straight line extending longitudinally of the body, each upper panel portion being inclined laterally inwardly in an upwardly direction from said connection line and each lower panel portion inclined laterally inwardly and downwardly from said connection line, said side panels being generally mirror images of each other, the bottom straight edges of one panel being secured directly to the bottom straight edges of the other panel such that the portion of the body below said straight connection lines is of generally triangular shape in transverse cross section.
A vehicle body as called for in claim 5 wherein said side panels have rear ends spaced apart transversely of said body and including panel means extending transversely between and connecting the rear ends of said side panels, said floor panel extending rearwardly to and being connected with said rear panel means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.