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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994

Filed:

Jan. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

William F McCombs, Ocala, FL (US);

Jeffrey D Aiken, Ocala, FL (US);

Assignee:

Emergency One, Inc., Ocala, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280-4 ; 280-612 ; 280797 ; 182 65 ;
Abstract

A torque box chassis frame for firefighting vehicles or the like constituting a platform for extendible aerial ladders. The vehicle torque box chassis frame includes elongated lower and upper members significantly spaced from each other having rigid bracing structure interposed therebetween resulting in a rigid elongated box of significant rectangular cross section dimension. The torque box chassis frame rear end is defined by a rigid ladder turntable support including its own vertical rigid columns, and spaced outrigger support tubes for receiving hydraulic outrigger jacks are integrally defined on the torque box chassis frame to provide firm support of the torque box upon the ground eliminating the influence of the vehicle suspension system.


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