Fire truck hose bed cover and personnel safety barrier
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1. A cover and personnel safety barrier for a fire truck hose bed of a fire truck, comprising:
- left and right door panels each coupled to the hose bed by at least one rotatable connector and configured to cover openings to the hose bed in the closed position;
left and right retractable reels coupled to the left and right door panels, respectively; and
a cable connecting the left and right locking retractable reels to form a safety barrier over the hose bed when the left and right door panels are in the open position, and the cable being automatically retracted into the retractable reels when the left and right door panels are in the closed position.
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A cover and personnel safety barrier for a fire truck hose bed comprises left and right door panels each coupled to the hose bed by at least one rotatable connector and configured to cover openings to the hose bed in the closed position, left and right locking retractable reels coupled to the left and right door panels, respectively, and a cable connecting the left and right locking retractable reels coupled to the left and right door panels to form a safety barrier over the hose bed when the left and right door panels are in the open position.
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1. A cover and personnel safety barrier for a fire truck hose bed of a fire truck, comprising:
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left and right door panels each coupled to the hose bed by at least one rotatable connector and configured to cover openings to the hose bed in the closed position; left and right retractable reels coupled to the left and right door panels, respectively; and a cable connecting the left and right locking retractable reels to form a safety barrier over the hose bed when the left and right door panels are in the open position, and the cable being automatically retracted into the retractable reels when the left and right door panels are in the closed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A cover and personnel safety barrier for a hose bed of a fire truck, comprising:
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left and right door panels each coupled to the hose bed by at least one rotatable connector and configured to cover openings to the hose bed in the closed position; and a cable connecting the left and right door panels to form a safety barrier over the hose bed when the left and right door panels are in the open position. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A fire truck, comprising:
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an engine; firefighting apparatus; a hose compartment configured for storing fire hoses; left and right door panels each coupled to the hose bed by at least one hinge and configured to cover openings to the hose compartment in the closed position; and a linkage connecting the left and right door panels to form a personnel safety barrier when the left and right door panels are rotated open in the open position.
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