Patent ID: 8381860
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B66F

Abstract:
1. A truck that comprises: a chassis having a U-shaped configuration; three wheels mounted on said chassis, said three wheels comprising a rear wheel mounted substantially in a middle of a main body of the chassis, a first front steered wheel carried by a first branch of the chassis and a second front steered wheel carried by a second branch of the chassis; and actuators that respectively actuate an orientation of the first and second front steered wheels between a frontal travel mode position and a lateral mode position, an orientation of the first and second front steered wheels obtained by said respective actuators is configured so that the frontal travel mode position, the first and second front stored wheels are between the first and second branches of the chassis, and in the lateral mode position, the first and second front steered wheels are in front of and entirely outside of the first and second branches of the chassis.