Patent · US Expired

Industrial van with increased cargo-carrying capacity

US5441324A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 1995
Grant dateAug 15, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 13, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60P1/00
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Improvements for increasing the cargo-carrying capacity of a van of a type having a body with right and left pivotally hinged doors comprising a door-bracing panel for supporting additional cargo operatively disposed to hold open the right and left doors in spaced apart relation extending rearwardly of the body and an additional tail light on a cooperating edge of each of the doors in facing relation to an oncoming motorist to permit safe operation of the van while allowing the transport of additional cargo on the platform between the open doors.

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