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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1977
George Beggs, New York, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A body portion of a standard type vehicle, such as the rear body panel of an automobile or a side body panel of a van, is pivotally connected to the balance of the vehicle by an accordion folding hood to define an original enclosed usable volume in the collapsed position of the hood, which volume is bisected by a diagonal extending through the pivot axis for the movable body portion. The diagonal defines the confronting edges of the movable body portion with the balance of the vehicle in the collapsed position of the hood. The body portion in the collapsed position of the hood defines a half volume for the enclosed usable volume which when pivotally rotated about the pivot axis through an angle of 90 degrees describes an arch for the diagonal which defines a path of travel for the accordion hood to create a new expanded enclosed usable volume having an increased headroom and a total enclosed volume greater than twice that of the original enclosed volume. Many variations in this basic arrangement are described to provide a variety of configurations of cubical or rectangular volumes.