Patent SG-11201407332V-A (SG)
Title: Passenger service vehicle
Inventor: HARLEY TOM
IPC: B62D31/04
Filed: 2013-05-08
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 14 November 2013 (14.11.2013) WIPOIPCT (10) International Publication Number WO 2013/167893 A1 (51) International Patent Classification: B62D 31/04 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: (22) International Filing Date: (25) Filing Language: (26) Publication Language: PCT/GB2013/051196 8 May 2013 (08.05.2013) English English (30) Priority Data: 1208014.9 8 May 2012 (08.05.2012) GB (71) Applicant: ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED [GB/GB]; 91 Glasgow Road, Camelon, Falkirk FK1 4JB (GB). (72) Inventors: HARLEY, Tom; c/o Alexander Dennis Lim­ ited, 91 Glasgow Road, Falkirk, FK1 4JG (GB). DON- NACHIE, Paul; c/o Alexander Dennis Limited, 91 Glas­ gow Road, Falkirk, FK1 4JG (GB). (74) Agent: RANKIN, Douglas; Marks & Clerk LLP, Atholl Exchange, 6 Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG (GB). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available)'. AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available)'. ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: PASSENGER SERVICE VEHICLE Fig. 2b o\ 00 l> i-H en i-H o CJ o & 130 (57) Abstract: There is disclosed passenger a service vehicle having an upper deck (100) and a lower deck (110), and a passenger staircase (400) extending between the upper deck and the lower deck. The staircase is positioned internal to the vehicle. In some ex - amples, the staircase has at least an upper stair portion and a secondary stair portion, where the upper stair portion is connected to the upper deck and comprises at least one tread, and further connected to the secondary stair portion via an intermediate landing (420, 440), whereby the secondary stair portion extends parallel with respect to the length of the upper deck, and the upper stair por­ tion extends transversely, and in some cases perpendicularly, with respect to the secondary stair portion. In some examples, the stair - case comprises lower a stair portion. One embodiment envisages U-shaped a staircase. In some further examples, the staircase is de - scribed together with a fuel tank configuration.