Freightliner Corporation

O Freightliner Corporation

Mark S Hurayt

Ferdinand F Hellhake

Joachim Paschke

Sigmun D Runyon

Charles H Blakewood, Jr

Michael G Pranger

Christopher J Jory

Michael Von Mayenburg

Luis A Novoa

Byron J Bocian

Ducan Good

Hans-Peter Bock

Louis A Novoa

Duncan Good

Trim piece for a vehicle

Vehicle trim piece

Vehicle light

A retractable stairway assembly for entering and exiting a vehicle with a cab has a stairway with steps. The stairway assembly is movable between a retracted position, in which the stairway is beneath the cab, and an extended position, in which the stairway is exposed to allow entering and exiting of the vehicle. The stairway assembly also has a panel that substantially hides the stairway when in the retracted position. An actuator moves the stairway assembly between the retracted and extended positions in response to closing and opening the door.

Retractable stairway for entering and exiting a vehicle

Mid-high roof cab over engine truck exterior surface

Cab over engine truck front exterior surface

Raised roof cab over engine truck exterior surface

Day cab over engine truck exterior surface

Vehicle side fairing exterior surface

A vehicle such as a truck with a sleeping compartment includes a bed positioned within the sleeping compartment and most preferably at an upper berth position. A bed shifter is provided for shifting the bed between bed sleeping and bed storage positions. More specifically, the upper bed sleeping surface of the bed is raised toward the ceiling of the vehicle when the bed is shifted between the sleeping and storage positions, with the side portions of the bed similarly being raised as this shifting occurs. The bed shifter may be designed to tilt the bed as shifting occurs so that, when in the bed storage position, the upper bed surface more closely follows the contour of a vehicle with a downwardly sloped or otherwise configured ceiling. Bed shifting elements of variable length may be provided to shift the bed by varying the length of these elements. In one form, the elements comprise elongated straps which are wound and unwound from a rotatable shaft to raise and lower the bed between bed sleeping and bed storage positions. Guide tracks may be provided to guide the motion of the bed as it is shifted between such positions. Manual as well as motor powered bed shifting systems may be used.

Vehicle with bed raising and lowering system

A trash container apparatus is provided integral with a truck cab console. A pivotable trash door is positioned on the cab console to allow access to the inside of the trash container for disposing trash therein. The inner sides of the trash container have protrusions to retain the top edge of a trash bag so that the bag lines the container and is capable of receiving trash. The trash container is movable from a closed position to an open position. In the open position, the container is positioned in the area substantially in front of the passenger seat to allow access to the inside of the container for removing any accumulated trash. Slide rails attached to the container are capable of sliding along guide tracks attached to the cab console for moving the container from a closed to an open position, or vice versa. The trash container has a handle for grasping when being moved.

Trunk cab console with integral trash container

Front wheel well splash guard panel exterior surface

Day cab truck exterior surface

Raised roof truck exterior surface

An aerodynamically designed sun visor with side and front visor portions permit the flow of air upwardly between the vehicle and visor portions. In addition, air is also preferably permitted to exit at the rear of the side visor portion and through at least one opening provided at each side visor portion. Aerodynamically contoured front mounts may be used to couple the front visor section to the vehicle as well as to couple the side visor sections to the vehicle.

Vehicle with exterior sun visor and sun visor construction

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Aloha, OR, United States of America

Mark S Hurayt