Patent ID: 8413568

Claim:
A motor vehicle comprising: an engine compartment located at the front of the vehicle; a driver compartment located behind the engine compartment, the driver compartment located on one side of the vehicle, and separated from the engine compartment by a bulkhead; the driver compartment comprising a platform for accommodating the driver; the bottom of the bulkhead being substantially even with the bottom portion of the platform; the platform being shaped such that the highest area is located at the rear of the platform for the formation of a driver seat, and the lowest area is located at the front of the platform; the platform comprising two footwells formed in the front portion of the lower area of the platform; the footwells comprising a ridge in a line from the back towards the front creating separation of two separate footwells; the ridge being higher than the floors of the footwells, and the ridge creating a hollow region under it; the platform installed with a downward facing angle towards the front of the platform, the downward angle allowing the footwells to be in a position lower than the seat; a beam disposed lengthwise passing under the platform, the beam at least partially filling the hollow region created by the ridge of the platform; the beam connecting to the bulkhead after passing under the platform, the beam connecting to the bulkhead with substantially none of the beam disposed below the lowest portion of the front of the platform.