Patent ID: 8363170

Claim:
A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body; left-hand and right-hand video monitors, each of said video monitors including opposing top and bottom edges and opposing left-hand and right-hand lateral edges extending between said top and bottom edges; and a translation mechanism coupling said video monitors to said vehicle body such that said video monitors are movable in horizontal directions between a first position wherein said right-hand lateral edge of said left-hand video monitor is spaced apart from said left-hand lateral edge of said right-hand video monitor, and a second position wherein said right-hand lateral edge of said left-hand video monitor is adjacent to said left-hand lateral edge of said right-hand video monitor, wherein said translation mechanism includes a housing mountable to the vehicle, each of said first and second monitors being pivotably mounted to said housing such that each of said first and second monitors is pivotable about a horizontal axis between an open position in which the monitor is uncovered and viewable and a closed position in which the monitor is covered and unviewable.