Patent ID: 6371767
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A light weight, easily transportable demonstrator for mounting, operating and displaying a multiplicity of automotive vehicle components wherein the relative positions of the components in the demonstrator are similar to their relative positions in an automotive vehicle for which the components are designed, the demonstrator comprising:an open-frame exoskeleton suggestive of the shape of the automotive vehicle, the exoskeleton fabricated from hollow tubes; a central compartment of the exoskeleton; a doorway of the central compartment defined by a sill tube, a lintel tube and two upright tubes connected to the sill and lintel tubes, the doorway having a height and a width configured to be the same as a height and a width of a door opening on the automotive vehicle; floor tubes of the central compartment at the bottom of thereof, the floor tubes defining a base upon which the demonstrator rests; a front compartment of the demonstrator integral with the central compartment; upper tubes of the front compartment framing an upper generally horizontal window opening free of other structure of the demonstrator; lower tubes of the front compartment surrounding a space below the upper window opening, the space being free of the other structure of the demonstrator; front wheel well outlines defined by the lower tubes of the front compartment; front corners of the demonstrator defined by the upper and lower tubes of the front compartment, there being a gap at the front corners between the upper and lower tubes of the front compartment; a rear compartment of the demonstrator integral with the central compartment; rear wheel well outlines defined by the rear compartment; and one or more pathways through the hollow tubes of the demonstrator, each pathway having one or more passageways through intersections of the hollow tubes.