US3219384A
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Safe vehicle body
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-09-27
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Granted: 1965-11-23
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Expires: 1982-09-27
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Graham Phillip
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:30
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62D; B62D39/00; B60; B60R; B60R19/00; B62K; B62K11/00; B62K11/02; B62K11/04; B62K11/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
IN A VEHICLE HAVING A BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTAL HORIZONTAL COVER PORTION MEANS SPANNING AT LEAST AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID BODY, SAID COVER PORTION MEANS INCLUDING PANEL MEANS BOWED UPWARDLY, SAID VEHICLE INCLUDING A FRAMEWORK PORTION WHICH SUPPORTS OPPOSITE END PORTIONS OF SAID UPWARDLY BOWED PANEL MEANS IN A MANNER SO THAT SAID END PORTIONS ARE YIELDABLY MOUNTED TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE OUTWARDLY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TOWARDS SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID VEHICLE WHEN THE CONVEX SURFACE OF SAID UPWARDLY BOWED PANEL MEANS IMPACTS A ROADWAY AS A CONSEQUENCE TO OVERTURNING OF SAID VEHICLE DURING AN ACCIDENT TO ALLOW PARTIAL FLATTENING THEREOF FROM SAID IMPACT, SAID COVER PORTION MEANS INCLUDING YIELDABLE FORCE ABSORBING MEANS FOR PREVENTING BUCKLING OF SAID UPWARDLY BOWED PANEL MEANS FROM SAID IMPACT, SAID END PORTIONS INCLUDING SIDE EDGE PORTIONS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID VEHICLE, SAID YIELDABLE FORCE ABSORBING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CUSHIONING A HORIZONTAL IMPART THRUST OF AN OBJECT AGAINST ONE OF SAID SIDE EDGE PORTIONS, AS WELL AS CUSHIONING AN IMPACT THRUST AGAINST ONE OF SAID SIDE-EDGE PORTIONS WHEN IT BEARS AND PIVOT AGAINST SAID ROADWAY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF OVERTURNING OF SAID VEHICLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
IN A VEHICLE HAVING A BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTAL HORIZONTAL COVER PORTION MEANS SPANNING AT LEAST AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID BODY, SAID COVER PORTION MEANS INCLUDING PANEL MEANS BOWED UPWARDLY, SAID VEHICLE INCLUDING A FRAMEWORK PORTION WHICH SUPPORTS OPPOSITE END PORTIONS OF SAID UPWARDLY BOWED PANEL MEANS IN A MANNER SO THAT SAID END PORTIONS ARE YIELDABLY MOUNTED TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE OUTWARDLY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TOWARDS SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID VEHICLE WHEN THE CONVEX SURFACE OF SAID UPWARDLY BOWED PANEL MEANS IMPACTS A ROADWAY AS A CONSEQUENCE TO OVERTURNING OF SAID VEHICLE DURING AN ACCIDENT TO ALLOW PARTIAL FLATTENING THEREOF FROM SAID IMPACT, SAID COVER PORTION MEANS INCLUDING YIELDABLE FORCE ABSORBING MEANS FOR PREVENTING BUCKLING OF SAID UPWARDLY BOWED PANEL MEANS FROM SAID IMPACT, SAID END PORTIONS INCLUDING SIDE EDGE PORTIONS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID VEHICLE, SAID YIELDABLE FORCE ABSORBING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CUSHIONING A HORIZONTAL IMPART THRUST OF AN OBJECT AGAINST ONE OF SAID SIDE EDGE PORTIONS, AS WELL AS CUSHIONING AN IMPACT THRUST AGAINST ONE OF SAID SIDE-EDGE PORTIONS WHEN IT BEARS AND PIVOT AGAINST SAID ROADWAY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF OVERTURNING OF SAID VEHICLE.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US2916324A
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