Patent ID: 8590652
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B62D,B65F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A refuse vehicle comprising a container body for trash, a standard chassis that carries the container body, said standard chassis having a chassis frame with a front end, a topside and an underside, a radiator attached to the topside near the front end of the chassis frame, an engine attached to the topside behind and near the radiator, and a cab mounted to the front end of the frame to enable the cab to pivot about a fulcrum between a covered position and an uncovered position, said fulcrum being in advance of the radiator and beneath the underside of the frame, said cab including a lower base section with a cavity in a rear portion thereof configured to cover a substantial portion of the radiator when the cab is in the covered position, where the cavity has a predetermined configuration so that said cab overlies essentially the entire radiator when the cab is in the covered position but leaves the engine substantially uncovered, and where the cavity has a depth sufficient so that, when the cab is in the covered position covering the radiator, a forward portion of the engine extends into the cavity.