Vehicle body

Claim 1

A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A VEHICLE BODY OF PLASTIC MATERIAL WHICH ENCLOSES A FRAME STRUCTURE OF PRESSED-OUT METAL PARTS, COMPRISING: A BODY FLOOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TWO TROUGH-SHAPED FORM PARTS, ONE OF SAID TWO FORM PARTS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY DISPOSED WITHIN THE OTHER, SAID FRAME STRUCTURE INCLUDING LONGITUDINAL BEARERS AND CROSS BEARER MEANS, A ROOF, SAID FORM PARTS BEING PROVIDED WITH RIM PORTIONS CURVED TOWARD ONE ANOTHER TO FORM SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW BOX-SHAPED BEARERS AND ENCLOSING THE RIM PORTIONS THEREOF AT SAID LONGITUDINAL BEARERS, SAID FORM PARTS BEING CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH A SPACING FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL BEARERS, AND THE RIM PORTIONS OF ONE OF SAID FORM PARTS BEING SECURED AT SAID LONGITUDINAL BEARERS, THE INNER FORM PART BEING PROVIDED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE CENTER LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF THE VEHICLE WITH AN OPPOSITELY DIRECTED CHANNEL HAVING APPROXIMATELY UPRIGHT LEG PORTIONS AND BEING PRESSED-OUT INTO TROUGH SHAPE, SAID CHANNEL FORMING TOGETHER WITH THE OUTER FORM PART A HOLLOW BODY EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID HOLLOW BODIES CONSITITUTED BY SAID RIM PORTIONS, THE INNER FORM PART BEING CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN THE RIM PORTIONS THEREOF AND SAID CHANNEL AS SEATING TROUGH WHICH CONTINUES IN ONE PIECE INTO A BACKREST FORMING SIMULTANEOUSLY A CROSSWALL OF THE BODY AND BEING CONNECTED WITH THE ROOF THEREOF, SAID CROSSWALL CONTAINING A REAR WINDOW, SAID CROSSWALL BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID CROSSBEARER MEANS AND BEING REINFORCED BY SAID CHANNEL, SAID CHANNEL EXTENDING BETWEEN THE SEAT TROUGHS FROM THE FLOOR ASSEMBLY UP TO APPROXIMATELY THE HEIGHT OF THE REAR WINDOW, THE OUTER FORM PART BEING PROVIDED WITH UPWARDLY CURVED RIM PORTIONS WHICH EXTEND BELOW SAID FRAME LONGITUDINAL BEARERS WITH A SPACING AND BEING PROVIDED WITH HORIZONTAL OUTWARDLY ANGULARLY BENT RIM FLANGES CONNECTED DIRECTLY WITH CORRESPONDING RIM FLANGES OF THE INNER FORM PART, AND SHEET METAL REINFORCING MEANS REINFORCING THE OUTER FORM PART ON THE INSIDE THEREOF, SAID REINFORCING MEANS BEING COVERED WITHIN THE AREA OF THE FLOOR ASSEMBLY BY THE CHANNEL OF THE INNER FORM PART, SAID REINFORCING MEANS BEING ARRANGED WITHIN THE CENTER LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF THE VEHICLE BODY AND EXTENDING INTO THE ENGINE SPACE, A DRIVE UNIT WITHIN SAID ENGINE SPACE, AND THE EXTENSION OF SAID REINFORCING MEANS ENCLOSING A PART OF SAID DRIVE UNIT IN A BOWLIKE MANNER, THE ANGLE SUBTENDED BY SAID REINFORCING MEANS BEING ABOUT 180*, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID REINFORCING MEANS WITH A FRAME CROSSBEARER MEANS ABOVE AND IN FRONT OF THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE REAR WHEELS, REAR BODY MEANS OF PLASTIC MATERIAL SECURED ON SAID REINFORCING MEANS, SAID REAR BODY MEANS EXTENDING TO SAID CROSSWALL ARRANGED INSIDE OF THE WHEEL BASE OF THE VEHICLE, AND PIVOTAL CONNECTING MEANS CONNECTING SAID REAR BODY MEANS WITH SAID REINFORCING MEANS TO ENABLE TILTING OF SAID REAR BODY MEANS AT SAID REINFORCING MEANS, SAID REAR BODY MEANS BEING A PLASTIC FORM PART ESSENTIALLY CONSISTING OF A REINFORCING BOW-SHAPED MEMBER EXTENDING OVER THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE VEHICLE BODY, SAID BOW-SHAPED MEMBER BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE EXTENSION OF THE ROOF OF THE REAR WINDOW ARRANGED IN SAID CROSSWALL.