Patent ID: 6817433
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A freight vehicle, comprising:lateral sides; a chassis; an engine supported on the chassis to drive the vehicle; a driver's cab mounted to the chassis and above the engine, the driver's cab including at least one door; a compartment arranged on the chassis, the engine being disposed in the compartment, the compartment having lateral side adjacent to the lateral sides of the vehicle; a panel comprising at least one externally accessible step arranged on the panel to enable a user to climb to the driver's cab and arranged adjacent to at least one of the lateral sides of the vehicle and laterally delineating the compartment, the panel being pivotally mounted to the chassis to permit the panel to pivot laterally outward between a closed position enclosing the at least one lateral side of the compartment and an open position permitting access to the engine in the compartment; a cover pivotally mounted to the chassis and arranged below the door of the driver's cab; and a control arrangement detachably coupling the cover to the door of the driver's cab, wherein a movement of the door of the driver's cab controls a movement of the cover between a closed position concealing the panel and an open position revealing the panel.