Vehicle with detachable auxiliary parts

Claim 2

A passenger automotive vehicle comprising a frame including steerable wheels at its front portion and nonsteerable wheels at its rear portion, a passenger cab at its front portion generally above said steerable wheels and spaced forwardly from said nonsteerable wheels, said passenger cab including a rear door opening in its rear portion providing personnel access directly between said cab and a portion of said vehicle extending behind said passenger cab, said passenger cab defining a front seat area, a rear seat area, a driver seat and a passenger seat in the front seat area, and passenger seat on opposite sides of said rear door opening in said rear seat area, a rear door slidably mounted on the rear portion of said cab and arranged to slide to a closed position with respect to said rear door opening or alternately to slide to an open position with respect to said door opening behind one of the passenger seats in said rear seat area, and means for connecting auxiliary body elements to the rear portions of said frame behind said passenger cab generally above said nonsteerable wheels.

Claim 3

The vehicle of claim 1 and wherein a generally flat bed platform covers the portion of said frame extending rearwardly from said passenger cab.

Claim 4

The vehicle of claim 1 and further including an auxiliary body element connected to the rear portion of said frame behind said passenger cab generally above said nonsteerable wheels, said auxiliary body element defining a space in the vicinity of said rear door opening of said cab whereby the passengers in said cab have access to said auxiliary body element through said rear door opening.

Claim 5

The vehicle of claim 1 and further including a pickup truck body element comprising sidewalls placed along the side portions of said vehicle with the front portions of the sidewalls juxtaposed the rear of said passenger cab, and a tail gate assembly connected between the rear portions of said sidewalls.

Claim 6

The vehicle of claim 1 and further including a pickup truck body element comprising sidewalls placed along the side portions of said vehicle with the front portions of the sidewalls juxtaposed the rear of said passenger cab, and a pickup body top element comprising sidewalls extending upwardly from the side walls of the pickup truck body element and a top wall extending between the upper portions of said top element sidewalls, whereby a generally open ended rear cab is formed behind said passenger cab.

Claim 7

The vehicle of claim 1 and wherein one of the passenger seats in said rear seat area is positioned with its back portion facing the sidewall of said passenger cab behind the driver seat, and wherein said rear door opening is spaced from said side facing passenger seat a distance adequate to provide a personnel passage from said passenger cab to the space behind the passenger cab.

Claim 8

A passenger automotive vehicle comprising a frame, steerable wheels supporting the front portion of said frame and nonsteerable wheels supporting the rear portion of said frame, a passenger cab at the front portion of said frame generally above said steerable wheels and spaced forwardly from said nonsteerable wheels, a generally flat bed extending behind said passenger cab, said passenger cab including a rear door opening in its rear portion and a rear door arranged to close and open said rear door opening for providing personnel access directly between said passenger cab and said flat bed extending behind said passenger cab, at least one auxiliary body element sized and shaped to fit on said flat bed behind said passenger cab, and means for connecting auxiliary body eleMents to the rear portion of said frame behind said passenger cab on said flat bed generally above said nonsteerable wheels, whereby said rear door can be closed to separate said passenger cab from the portion of said vehicle behind said passenger cab or said rear door can be opened to provide personnel access directly between said passenger cab and said flat bed or any auxiliary body element connected to the rear portion of said frame.

Claim 9

A passenger automotive vehicle comprising a frame, steerable wheels supporting the front portion of said frame and nonsteerable wheels supporting the rear portion of said frame, a passenger cab at the front portion of said frame generally above said steerable wheels and spaced forwardly from said nonsteerable wheels, a generally flat bed extending behind said passenger cab, said passenger cab including a rear door opening in its rear portion and a rear door arranged to close and open said rear door opening for providing personnel access directly between said passenger cab and said flat bed extending behind said passenger cab, at least one auxiliary body element sized and shaped to fit on said flat bed behind said passenger cab, and means for connecting auxiliary body eleMents to the rear portion of said frame behind said passenger cab on said flat bed generally above said nonsteerable wheels, whereby said rear door can be closed to separate said passenger cab from the portion of said vehicle behind said passenger cab or said rear door can be opened to provide personnel access directly between said passenger cab and said flat bed or any auxiliary body element connected to the rear portion of said frame.