Kit and method for truck cab conversion
AssigneeEast Side Heavy Truck Collision
InventorDarryl Budge
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Abstract
A kit of parts including shortened side panels and a roof panel is provided for installation on a highway truck tractor which is being converted from a sleeper cab configuration to a day cab configuration. The kit of parts is particularly useful when converting an integral sleeper cab which requires that the frame and floor be shortened before installation of the components of the conversion kit. When the replacement components are provided in the form of a kit, conversions from sleeper cab to day cab can readily be accomplished in a cost effective manner to realize many benefits recognized with conversion from sleeper cabs to day cabs already being done with non-integral types of sleeper cabs.
Claims20
A method of conversion of a cab of a highway truck tractor from a sleeper cab configuration to a day cab configuration, the method including:
- removing an existing roof of the cab;
- removing existing side panels of the cab;
- removing interior finishing of the cab;
- shortening a floor of the cab;
- shortening a frame of the cab;
- providing a kit including replacement side panels which are narrower than the existing side panels and a replacement roof which is shorter in length and height than the existing roof;
- installing the replacement side panels on the shortened frame of the cab;
- installing the replacement roof on the shortened frame of the cab;
- and
- installing modified interior finishing in the cab.
A kit for conversion of a cab of a truck from a sleeper cab configuration in which the cab extends rearwardly from an occupant seat of the cab, existing side panels span rearwardly from respective doors of the cab to an existing rear panel of the cab, and a roof of the cab extends upwardly and rearwardly above the existing side panels to a day cab configuration in which the cab is shorter in length than the sleeper cab configuration, the kit comprising:
- replacement side panels which are narrower between respective forward and rearward edges than the existing side panels, the forward and rearward edge being configured similarly to the existing side panels;
- and
- a replacement roof which is shorter in length and shorter in height than the existing roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.