Patent ID: 6772851
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A vehicle with low ground clearance, comprising:a cab having a front and mutually parallel sides, a roof, a floor, a windshield on said front, an engine towards said front and beneath said windshield, a seat for a driver proximate to said engine, and a pair of opposite driver doors on each side; a cabin, located adjacent to and coaxial with said cab, having mutually parallel walls, a roof, a floor, two or more parallel benches transverse to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle, said benches divide said cabin, and pairs of opposite doors at each end of said benches, each of said doors provides a window; a carrier, located adjacent to and coaxial with said cabin, having three compartments stacked upon each other extending across the width of said vehicle and the length of said carrier, three pairs of hatches with said hatches parallel to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle and coplanar with said doors, a handle for each of said hatches extending normal to said hatch and to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle, and a fuel tank beneath said compartments; and, a chassis having a generally rectangular shape, a pair of opposing front wheels connected to a transaxle powered by said engine mounted upon said chassis beneath said cab and steered by said driver, and two pairs of opposing rear wheels mounted in tandem upon said chassis beneath said carrier, said front wheels and said rear wheels are parallel with the longitudinal axis of said vehicle, said chassis supports said cab, said cabin and said carrier, whereby said vehicle has a low ground clearance for ready passenger ingress and egress through said doors.