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US 5,573,266 AGranted
Vehicle body lowering system
AssigneeSafe-T-Vans, Inc.
InventorsWojciech T. Zalewski, Guy Steele, Christopher J. Mackenzie
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AssigneeSafe-T-Vans, Inc.
InventorsWojciech T. Zalewski, Guy Steele, Christopher J. Mackenzie
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The vehicle body lowering system of the present invention is installed in a motor vehicle having a wheeled carriage, a cargo/passenger compartment body, a door in the passenger compartment body for cargo loading and unloading or passenger embarking and debarking, and a spring suspension for the buoyant support of the body above the carriage between a lower position and an upper position. The components of the vehicle body lowering system include a drive for forcing the body into the lower position, where the drive comprises a power source and an interconnection between the body and the carriage, and a manually actuated control for energizing and deenergizing the power source. The interconnection is characterized by an operative condition at which the body is in the lower position under the control of the power source, and an inoperative condition at which the body is freely subject to the buoyant support of the spring suspension. The interconnection has at least one coupling to the body and at least one coupling to the carriage.
In a motor vehicle having a carriage including at least one axle and an axle housing, a load compartment body, and a spring suspension component at each of said axles for the buoyant support of said body above said carriage between a lower position and an upper position, an assembly for facilitating ingress and egress of a load from said motor vehicle, comprising:
In a motor vehicle having a carriage including at least one axle and an axle housing, a load compartment body, and a spring suspension component at said axle for the buoyant support of said body above said carriage between a lower position and an upper position, an assembly for facilitating ingress and egress of a load from said motor vehicle, comprising:
In a motor vehicle having a carriage including at least one axle, a wheel at the end of said axle, and an axle housing, a load compartment body, and a spring suspension component near each of said wheels for the buoyant support of said body above said carriage between a lower position and an upper position, an assembly for facilitating ingress and egress of a load from said motor vehicle, comprising:
In a motor vehicle having a carriage including at least one axle, a wheel at the end of said axle, and an axle housing, a load compartment body, and a spring suspension component near each of said wheels for the buoyant support of said body above said carriage between a lower position and an upper position, an assembly for facilitating ingress and egress of a load from said motor vehicle, comprising:
In a motor vehicle having a carriage including a rear axle, a front axle, a wheel at each end of each of said axles, a rear axle housing, and a front axle housing, a load compartment body, at least a door in said body for ingress and egress of a load, and a spring suspension component near each of said wheels for the buoyant support of said body above said carriage between a lower position and an upper position, a system for facilitating ingress and egress of said load from said motor vehicle, comprising:
In a motor vehicle having a carriage including a rear axle, a front axle, a wheel at each end of each of said axles, a rear axle housing, and a front axle housing, a load compartment body, at least a door in said body for ingress and egress of a load, and a spring suspension component near each of said wheels for the buoyant support of said body above said carriage between a lower position and an upper position, a system for facilitating ingress and egress of said load from said motor vehicle, comprising:
In a motor vehicle having a carriage including a rear axle, a front axle, a wheel at each end of each of said axles, a rear axle housing, and a front axle housing, a load compartment body, at least a door in said body for ingress and egress of a load, and a spring suspension component near each of said wheels for the buoyant support of said body above said carriage between a lower position and an upper position, a system for facilitating ingress and egress of said load from said motor vehicle, comprising:
In a motor vehicle having a carriage including a rear axle, a wheel at each end of said axle, a rear axle housing, a cargo compartment body, at least a door in said body for cargo loading and unloading, and a spring suspension component near each of said wheels for the buoyant support of said body above said carriage between a lower position and an upper position, a system for facilitating said cargo loading and unloading from said motor vehicle, comprising:
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