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US 5,669,307 AGranted
Transportation vehicle having doors with doorsills at different levels
OwnerGerald R. Cichyinventor
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Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a vehicle body supported above ground level by wheels. A first door on the vehicle body curb side has a doorsill at one level. A door on the vehicle body street side has a doorsill at a different level, spaced by a greater distance above the ground level. A driver station in the vehicle body has a door control for controlling the opening and closing of the doors from the driver station. The vehicle can be employed in a transportation system with stations having different platform levels at heights corresponding to the different levels of the two doorsills.
Claims11
A transportation system comprising:
- a road vehicle having
- a road vehicle body with a plurality of seats therein, a floor, a curb side, and a street side,
- wheels on said road vehicle body supporting said road vehicle body above a road level,
- a first door on said curb side of said road vehicle body having a first doorsill at a first level above the road level, and
- a second door on said street side of said road vehicle body having a second doorsill at a second level above the road level, said first and second levels being at different distances from the road level;
- a first station having a first platform level substantially spaced from said second level and relatively close to said first level;
- a second station having a second platform level substantially coplanar with said second level;
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- a tracked vehicle operating through said second station, said tracked vehicle having a tracked vehicle body with at least one seat therein, a floor, and at least one door with a doorsill at a level substantially coplanar with said second platform level and said floor of said tracked vehicle body.
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