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 vehicle comprising:
a vehicle frame;
an armored body including a roof, the armored body being supported from the vehicle frame;
four roof mounting points located on the roof and supported from the armored body, the four roof mounting points being located at vertices of a rectangle with the armored body providing for transferring loads imposed at the roof mounting points to the vehicle frame; and
four frame support points installed on the vehicle frame and located at vertices of a rectangle;
pairs of the frame support and roof mounting points being vertically aligned; and
the frame support points and the roof mounting points including mutually cooperating fittings.