Patent ID: 8851494
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B60K,B60R

Abstract:
1. A combined step/muffler housing for a land vehicle comprising: A) a mounting system ad adapted to be fixedly attached to a land vehicle subadjacent to a doorway of the land vehicle in position to be used as a step into and out of the land vehicle via the doorway including B) a housing located subadjacent to the vehicle doorway and outside the perimeter of the land vehicle, the housing having C) cloth insulation on an internal surface, of the housing in the internal cavity; D) a muffler for the land vehicle located inside the internal cavity; the muffler having an inlet and an outlet, with the muffler outlet being located outside the housing, E) a muffler inlet pipe fluidically connected to the muffler and fluidically connected to an engine of the motor vehicle to conduct exhaust gas from the engine to the muffler; F) coating on the muffler inlet pipe; G) a first bracket located near the second end of the housing for fixedly mounting the housing to the land vehicle; H) a second bracket located between the first and second ends of the housing for fixedly mounting the housing to the land vehicle; I) a first step mounted on the outer shell of the housing adjacent to the first bracket, the first step being horizontally oriented and having a step surface presented upwardly and located immediately subadjacent to the doorway of the land vehicle when the first step surface is mounted on the housing and the housing is mounted on the land vehicle, the first step surface having a non-slip coating thereon; and J) a second step mounted on the outer shell of the housing adjacent to the second bracket, the second step being horizontally oriented and having a step surface presented upwardly and located immediately subadjacent to the doorway of the land vehicle when the second step is mounted on the housing and the housing is mounted on the land vehicle, the second step surface having a non-slip coating thereon.