Stackable armored vehicle
View Patent ↗Embodiments comprise a stackable vehicle which may be supported from, or serve as support to, another like vehicle. The vehicle includes a frame and a body supported from the frame. The body includes a weight bearing roof Wheel assemblies are mounted for rotation on the frame. The body includes recesses from the roof of the body to accommodate location of wheel assemblies of a like vehicle supported on the roof Support and mounting points are located on the roof and on the frame respectively to fix location of a vehicle to be carried on top of a supporting vehicle.
1. A stackable vehicle comprises:
a vehicle frame;
a weight bearing vehicle body supported from the vehicle frame and having an upper surface;
a plurality of lower support fittings distributed about and depending from the vehicle frame;
a plurality of upper mounting fittings distributed about the upper surface of the weight bearing vehicle body; wherein:
the weight bearing vehicle body being substantially symmetrical about a latitudinal axis;
wheels are mounted for rotation from four points on the vehicle frame; and
the weight bearing vehicle body is recessed at corners of the upper surface to accommodate wheels of another vehicle while supporting a frame of the other vehicle on the upper mounting fittings.
2. A stackable vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:
pairs of the upper mounting and lower support fittings being vertically aligned.
3. A stackable vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , the weight bearing vehicle body is armored.
4. A stackable vehicle as set forth in claim 3 , further comprising:
the vehicle frame is a ladder frame.