Patent ID: 8240408

Claim:
A hybrid vehicle kit comprising: a vehicle body comprising a chassis, a first actuator assembly carried by said chassis and a motor carried by said chassis; a wheel kit comprising a second actuator assembly independent from said first actuator assembly and a number of ground-engaging wheels; and a track kit comprising track guide wheels, track driving wheels and a pair of ground-engaging tracks, wherein said vehicle body can be interchangeably coupled to either one of: a) said wheel kit, thus defining a wheel mode hybrid vehicle wherein said second actuator assembly is removably carried by said chassis, each one of said ground-engaging wheels is operatively and removably coupled to a corresponding one of said first and second actuator assemblies and said motor independently powers and is independently connected to said first and second actuator assemblies; and b) said track kit, thus defining a track mode hybrid vehicle wherein said track guide wheels are removably carried by said chassis, said track driving wheels are operatively and removably coupled to said first actuator assembly, said tracks are operatively installed on respective said track guide and driving wheels and said motor powers said first actuator assembly; and wherein said first actuator assembly is pivotally installed on said chassis to allow said first actuator assembly to be pivoted between a first position corresponding to said wheel mode hybrid vehicle wherein said first actuator assembly is equipped with said ground-engaging wheels that have a rotational axis located at a first position relative to said chassis, and a second position corresponding to said track mode hybrid vehicle wherein said first actuator assembly is equipped with said track driving wheels that have a rotational axis located at a second position relative to said chassis which is higher than said first position.