Vehicle for displaying goods

• US 4,480,866 A
• Filed: 12/15/1982
• Issued: 11/06/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujikin International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Fujikin International Incorporated
• Inventors: Komatsu, Shiro
• Primary Examiner(s): SONG, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US06/449,990
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 296/21, 296/26, 296/171, 296/172, 296/175, 296/176, 312/114, 312/278, 108/32, 211/135
• US Class Current: 296/21
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/0257 the object being a vending stall, restaurant or food kiosk

Abstract

A vehicle for displaying goods comprises a main body having opposite side walls and a display subbody provided toward at least one of the side walls. The subbody is open toward the interior of the main body and internally provided with a display rack. By a hydraulic cylinder, the subbody can be held in a position projected outward beyond the side wall of the main body when giving a display but, during running, is housed in the main body with its side wall substantially flush with the main body side wall.

Claims

1. A vehicle for displaying goods comprising:

a main body having opposite side walls, and a floor and,

a display subbody provided toward at least one of the side walls, the subbody being open toward the interior of the main body and internally provided with a display rack,

the subbody being holdable in a position projected outward beyond the side wall of the main body when giving a display and adapted to be housed in the main body with its side wall substantially flush with the main body side wall during running, wherein

the display rack extends from the subbody side wall to the center of width of the main body as inclined downward, a vertical wall extends from the lower end of the inclined rack to a position a small distance above the floor of the main body, and a horizontal wall extends from the lower end of the vertical wall toward the subbody side wall to a position a small distance inward of the side wall,

the floor of the main body has a free edge to provide clearance between the floor and the subbody side wall, and an outer end of the horizontal wall is formed with a bent edge adapted to bear against the free edge of the floor from outside when the subbody is housed in the main body.

2. A vehicle as defined in claim 1 wherein the subbody has a front wall, a rear wall, an upper wall and the side wall and is lateral U-shaped in horizontal section and inverted L-shaped in vertical section.

3. A vehicle as defined in claim 2 wherein the main body side wall is formed with a rectangular cutout for moving the subbody into and out of the main body therethrough and with a downward stepped portion at the lower edge thereof defining the cutout, the inner ends of the subbody front wall, rear wall and upper wall being formed with a bent edge adapted to hermetically bear against the cutout defining inner edge of the main body side wall with a packing provided between the edges when the subbody is moved out, the lower end of the subbody side wall being formed with a bent edge adapted to bear against the downward stepped portion with a packing provided therebetween, each of the packings being fixed to one of the main body and the subbody.

4. A vehicle as defined in claim 1, further comprising a means for automatically moving the subbody into and out of the main body which comprises a hydraulic cylinder fixed to the underside of the floor of the main body and having a piston rod, the forward end of the piston rod being connected to the inner surface of the subbody side wall.