Patent ID: 8826796

Claim:
For a vehicle having a cab and a floor of the cab, an improved system for reducing the rise of the floor as a result of an explosive blast under the vehicle, the system comprising: a hull; brackets of the hull; sidewalls of the cab; shoulders of the brackets facing toward edges of the sidewalls, the hull having a first juxtaposition with the sidewalls wherein the shoulders are spaced by a vertical dimension from the edges of the sidewalls, the hull having a second juxtaposition with the sidewalls wherein the shoulders contact the edges of the sidewalls; a frame of the vehicle; body mounts on the frame supporting the cab of the vehicle, the body mounts compressible through a first vertical distance; transverse structural members extending across the hull and disposed at a second vertical distance from the frame; wherein the sum of the first vertical distance and the second vertical distance substantially equals the vertical dimension between the shoulders of the brackets and the edges of the sidewalls.