US3183991A
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Vehicle
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-04-13
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Granted: 1965-05-18
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Expires: 1980-04-13
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Roger L Gamaunt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 22:24
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K17/00; B60K17/34; B60K17/358; B62; B62D; B62D53/00; B62D53/005; B62D53/02; B62D53/028; B62D61/00; B62D61/10; B62D7/00; B62D7/06; B62D7/14; B62D7/142; B62D7/144; F; F41; F41H; F41H7/00; F41H7/02; F41H7/04; F41H7/048
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
220 words
A SIX-WHEELED VEHICLE HAVING: A FORWARD BODY WITH A LONGITUDINAL AXIS; A REAR BODY WITH A LONGITUDINAL AXIS; ONE PAIR OF WHEEL MOUNTED ON ONE, AND TWO PAIRS OF WHEELS MOUNTED ON THE OTHER OF SAID BODIES, ALL OF SAID WHEELS BEING IN LOAD-BEARING RELATION BETWEEN THE VEHICLES BODIES AND THE GROUND AND TWO OF SAID PAIRS OF WHEELS BEING DEFLECTABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BODIES FOR STEERING SAID VEHICLE; AND ATTACHMENT MEANS ROTATABLY AND PIVOTALLY JOINING SAID REAR BODY TO SAID FORWARD BODY FOR ROTATION OF SAID REAR BODY ON A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND PIVOTING ON A TRANSVERSE AXIS, SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS INCLUDING MENS LIMITING PIVOTING OF SAID REAR BODY ON SAID FORWARD BODY AT ALL TIMES, INCLUDING AND FOLLOWING INTERVALS DURING WHICH SAID TWO OF SAID PAIRS OF WHEELS ARE BEING DEFLECTED, TO MOTION IN A PLANE WHICH IS VERTICAL WHEN SAID REAR BODY IS LATERALLY LEVEL, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS INCLUDING STRUCTURE LATERALLY SPACED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FORWARD BODY LONGITUDINAL AXIS, INTERSECTING SAID TRANSVERSE AXIS, AND CONNECTED WITH SAID FORWARD AND REAR BODIES, SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING MEANS RESTRICTING ROTATION OF SAID REAR BODY RELATIVE TO SAID FORWARD BODY, IN ALL PIVOTED POSITIONS OF THE REAR BODY, TO ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS FIXED IN A COMMON VERTICAL PLANE WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE FORWARD BODY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
220 words
A SIX-WHEELED VEHICLE HAVING: A FORWARD BODY WITH A LONGITUDINAL AXIS; A REAR BODY WITH A LONGITUDINAL AXIS; ONE PAIR OF WHEEL MOUNTED ON ONE, AND TWO PAIRS OF WHEELS MOUNTED ON THE OTHER OF SAID BODIES, ALL OF SAID WHEELS BEING IN LOAD-BEARING RELATION BETWEEN THE VEHICLES BODIES AND THE GROUND AND TWO OF SAID PAIRS OF WHEELS BEING DEFLECTABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BODIES FOR STEERING SAID VEHICLE; AND ATTACHMENT MEANS ROTATABLY AND PIVOTALLY JOINING SAID REAR BODY TO SAID FORWARD BODY FOR ROTATION OF SAID REAR BODY ON A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND PIVOTING ON A TRANSVERSE AXIS, SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS INCLUDING MENS LIMITING PIVOTING OF SAID REAR BODY ON SAID FORWARD BODY AT ALL TIMES, INCLUDING AND FOLLOWING INTERVALS DURING WHICH SAID TWO OF SAID PAIRS OF WHEELS ARE BEING DEFLECTED, TO MOTION IN A PLANE WHICH IS VERTICAL WHEN SAID REAR BODY IS LATERALLY LEVEL, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS INCLUDING STRUCTURE LATERALLY SPACED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FORWARD BODY LONGITUDINAL AXIS, INTERSECTING SAID TRANSVERSE AXIS, AND CONNECTED WITH SAID FORWARD AND REAR BODIES, SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING MEANS RESTRICTING ROTATION OF SAID REAR BODY RELATIVE TO SAID FORWARD BODY, IN ALL PIVOTED POSITIONS OF THE REAR BODY, TO ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS FIXED IN A COMMON VERTICAL PLANE WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE FORWARD BODY.
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