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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Jeffrey Crotty, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Stephen Sohm, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Crotty, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Stephen Sohm, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
United Defense, L.P., Arlington, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H005/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hatch assembly and method for using the same that allows for enhanced ease of ingress and egress through a portal of a military vehicle. The hatch is advanced and cleared away from the portal through use of a hatch operating mechanism that employs an extendable cylinder assembly to advance the hatch and a rotational assembly operably connected to the telescopic assembly to rotate the hatch so as to clear the portal.