Patent ID: 6779823
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: B60P,E01H

Abstract:
An all-weather street and road maintenance vehicle with a self-contained cooling and heating capability and a tenting feature for sheltering and controlling the temperature at a given location, comprising:a vehicle with a chassis mounted upon front and rear axles supporting front and rear road wheels, said chassis having a front, a rear, and two opposing sides, said front and rear defining a vehicle longitudinal axis, said opposing sides defining a transverse axis, said chassis having a plurality of longitudinally extending beams coincident with the longitudinal axis of the chassis and supported on said axles, and cross members coincident with the transverse axis of the chassis and connecting the beams, a foremost cross member comprised of a front bumper and a rearmost cross member comprised of a rear bumper; a front driver's cab mounted on said chassis adjacent said front bumper, said front driver's cab having a plurality of vehicle ignition, steering, throttle, and braking controls; an air outlet unit mounted on said chassis adjacent said rear bumper; an equipment and control cab mounted on said chassis and longitudinally positioned between said front driver's cab and said air outlet unit; a first longitudinal gap between said front driver's cab and said equipment and control cab; and a second longitudinal gap between the said equipment and control cab and said air outlet unit.