Tour bus
11254197 · 2022-02-22
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B62D47/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60R5/041
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60R5/003
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60J5/0491
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B62D47/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60R5/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A tour bus includes a vehicle body, a front door, a rear door, a plurality of wheels, a luggage compartment door and a movable placing portion. The front door, the rear door and the luggage compartment door are all disposed at one lateral side of the vehicle body, with the luggage compartment door between the front door and the rear door. The wheels connected individually to a bottom of the vehicle body are used for displacing the vehicle body. The movable placing portion is foldably disposed in a storage area of the vehicle body. The movable placing portion includes a placing platform and a supportive structure. The placing platform can protrude out of the storage area of the vehicle body. The supportive structure is pivotally connected with the placing platform, and the supportive structure supports the placing platform while the placing platform is moved out of the vehicle body.
Claims
1. A tour bus, comprising: a vehicle body, including a storage area; a front door, disposed at a lateral side of the vehicle body, being to communicate spatially an inside of the vehicle body with the atmosphere; a rear door, disposed at the lateral side of the vehicle body, being to communicate spatially the inside of the vehicle with the atmosphere; a plurality of wheels, furnished under the vehicle body for moving the vehicle body; a luggage compartment door, dispose at the lateral side of the vehicle body at a place respective to the storage area, located between the front door and the rear door, being to communicate spatially the storage area with the atmosphere; a movable placing portion, foldably disposed in the storage area, including a driving device, a pivotal member, a transmission linkage, a placing platform and a supportive structure, the driving device being connected with the transmission linkage, the transmission linkage being further connected with the placing platform, the pivotal member being connected between the placing platform and the supportive structure for pivotally connecting the supportive structure and the placing platform, the driving device driving the transmission linkage to further displace the placing platform in a moving direction back and forth in the storage area and the atmosphere out of the vehicle body; and a plurality of rotatable members connected to the movable placing portion and supported by a lower wall of the storage area to carry the placing platform in the moving direction and allow a partial displacement of the placing platform out of the vehicle body and over the lower wall of the storage area; wherein, when the placing platform is located in the storage area, the supportive structure is collected at a storage position with respect to the placing platform within the storage area; wherein, when a portion of the placing platform in the storage area is displaced to protrude out of the vehicle body in the moving direction, the supportive structure is turned away from the storage position with respect to the placing platform, and a supporting position is reached by the supportive structure with respect to the placing platform, such that the placing platform is supported by the supportive structure; and wherein the supportive structure is pivotally turned about the pivotal member to reach a first pivot angle of 90° when pivoting from a first storage position, and reach a second pivot angle of 180° when pivoting from a second storage position.
2. The tour bus of claim 1, wherein the movable placing portion includes a support-moving member furnished to the supportive structure, and the support-moving member is used for moving the supporting structure in the moving direction while the supportive structure is at the supporting position.
3. The tour bus of claim 2, wherein the support-moving member is collected into the storage area according to the storage position of the supportive structure.
4. The tour bus of claim 1, wherein the movable placing portion includes a plurality of platform-moving members, and each of the plurality of the platform-moving members is connected with the bottom surface of the placing platform.
5. The tour bus of claim 1, wherein the vehicle body includes a seat area and a driver space, the seat area is located above the storage area, the driver space is connected spatially with one side of the seat area, and the front door is disposed by corresponding to the driver space.
6. A tour bus, comprising: a vehicle body, including a storage area; a front door, disposed at a lateral side of the vehicle body, being to communicate spatially an inside of the vehicle body with the atmosphere; a rear door, disposed at the lateral side of the vehicle body, being to communicate spatially the inside of the vehicle with the atmosphere; a plurality of wheels, furnished under the vehicle body for moving the vehicle body; a luggage compartment door, dispose at the lateral side of the vehicle body at a place respective to the storage area, located between the front door and the rear door, being to communicate spatially the storage area with the atmosphere; a movable placing portion, foldably disposed in the storage area, including a driving device, a pivotal member, a transmission linkage, a placing platform and a supportive structure, the driving device being connected with the transmission linkage, the transmission linkage being further connected with the placing platform, the pivotal member being connected between the placing platform and the supportive structure for pivotally connecting the supportive structure and the placing platform, the driving device driving the transmission linkage to further displace the placing platform in a moving direction back and forth in the storage area and the atmosphere out of the vehicle body; and a plurality of rotatable members connected to the movable placing portion and supported by a lower wall of the storage area to carry the placing platform in the moving direction and allow a partial displacement of the placing platform out of the vehicle body and over the lower wall of the storage area; wherein, when the placing platform is located in the storage area, the supportive structure is collected at a storage position with respect to the placing platform within the storage area; wherein, when a portion of the placing platform in the storage area is displaced to protrude out of the vehicle body in the moving direction, the supportive structure is turned away from the storage position with respect to the placing platform, and a supporting position is reached by the supportive structure with respect to the placing platform, such that the placing platform is supported by the supportive structure; and wherein the storage position includes a first storage position and a second storage position, the first storage position is achieved by turning the supportive structure 90° in a first direction toward a bottom surface of the placing platform, and the second storage position is achieved by turning the supportive structure 180° in a second direction toward a top surface of the placing platform.
7. A tour bus, comprising: a vehicle body, including a storage area; a front door, disposed at a lateral side of the vehicle body, being to communicate spatially an inside of the vehicle body with the atmosphere; a rear door, disposed at the lateral side of the vehicle body, being to communicate spatially the inside of the vehicle with the atmosphere; a plurality of wheels, furnished under the vehicle body for moving the vehicle body; a luggage compartment door, dispose at the lateral side of the vehicle body at a place respective to the storage area, located between the front door and the rear door, being to communicate spatially the storage area with the atmosphere; a movable placing portion, foldably disposed in the storage area, including a driving device, a pivotal member, a transmission linkage, a placing platform and a supportive structure, the driving device being connected with the transmission linkage, the transmission linkage being further connected with the placing platform, the pivotal member being connected between the placing platform and the supportive structure for pivotally connecting the supportive structure and the placing platform, the driving device being to drive the transmission linkage to further displace the placing platform in a moving direction back and forth in the storage area and the atmosphere out of the vehicle body; and a plurality of rotatable members connected to the movable placing portion and supported by a lower wall of the storage area to carry the placing platform in the moving direction and allow a partial displacement of the placing platform out of the vehicle body and over the lower wall of the storage area, wherein, when the placing platform is located in the storage area, the supportive structure is collected at a storage position with respect to the placing platform within the storage area, wherein the supportive structure is pivotally turned about the pivotal member to reach a pivot angle of 270° when pivoting from a first storage position to a second storage position, and wherein, when a portion of the placing platform in the storage area is displaced to protrude out of the vehicle body in the moving direction, the supportive structure is turned away from the storage position with respect to the placing platform, and a supporting position is reached by the supportive structure with respect to the placing platform, such that the placing platform is supported by the supportive structure.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The present disclosure will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present disclosure and wherein:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(11) In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawing.
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(13) In this embodiment, the front door 14 is disposed at one lateral side of the vehicle body 11, and the rear door 15 is also disposed at the lateral side thereof. With the front door 14 or the rear door 15, a passenger can enter or leave the vehicle body 11. Inside the vehicle body 11, passenger seats, a guide seat, air-conditioning outlets, TVs, a toilet, a wireless network and charging ports are at least included. Practically, exact numbers and types of equipment or devices inside the vehicle body 11 are up to realistic requirements. The luggage compartment door 16, disposed at the lateral side of the vehicle body 11, is located between the front door 14 and the rear door 15. Behind the luggage compartment door 16, a receiving portion 17 and a movable placing portion 20 are included inside the vehicle body 11. In particular, the receiving portion 17 is a room formed inside the vehicle body 11. When the luggage compartment door 16 is opened (as shown in
(14) According to this disclosure, embodying of the movable placing portion 20 is not limited to the aforesaid embodiment. For example, as shown in
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(18) In this embodiment, the front door 24 is disposed at one lateral side of the vehicle body 21, and the rear door 25 is also disposed at the lateral side thereof. With the front door 24 or the rear door 25, a passenger can enter or leave the vehicle body 21. The vehicle body 21 includes a driver space 212, a seat area 214 and a storage area 216; in which the seat area 214 is located above the storage area 216 and the driver space 212 is connected spatially to one side of the seat area 214. The front door 24 is disposed close to the driver space 212. Both the front door 24 and the rear door 25 can communicate spatially the interior of the vehicle body 21 with the exterior thereof. Passengers can reach the seat area 214 inside the vehicle body 21 via the front door 24 or the rear door 25. In the seat area 214, passenger seats, air-conditioning outlets, TVs, a toilet, a wireless network and charging ports can be furnished. Practically, exact numbers and types of equipment or devices inside the vehicle body 21 are determined according to different requirements upon the tour bus 2.
(19) In this embodiment, the luggage compartment door 26, disposed at the lateral side of the vehicle body 21, is located between the front door 24 and the rear door 25. The storage area 216 is an accommodation space formed inside the vehicle body 21. The location of the luggage compartment door 26 is respective to the storage area 216, and the luggage compartment door 26 is used for reaching spatially the storage area 216 inside the vehicle body 21. When the luggage compartment door 26 is opened (as shown in
(20) In this embodiment, another length distance H2 is defined as a distance of the movable placing portion 20 in the longitudinal direction. The length distance H1 of the storage area 216 is greater than the length distance H2 of the movable placing portion 20, such that the movable placing portion 20 can be foldably disposed into the storage area 216 and moved in the moving direction L out of the storage area 216 of the vehicle body 21. When the movable placing portion 20 is moved in the moving direction L out of the vehicle body 21 from the storage area 216, the luggage 50 can be easily placed on the movable placing portion 20 or removed from the movable placing portion 20. Thus, to fetch or place the luggage 50, the user needn't anymore to bend his/her body into the storage area 216, and also the luggage compartment door 26 would be prevented from accidentally hitting the user.
(21) In one embodiment, the movable placing portion 20 can be directly constructed into the storage area 216. However, in another embodiment, according to the specific type of the vehicle body 21, the movable placing portion 20 for the storage area 216 can be relevantly assembled outsides before being mounted into the storage area 216. It shall be explained that the movable placing portion 20 of this embodiment is not limited to a specific type. Practically, the movable placing portion 20 can be organized according to the kinematic relationship between the first moving member 172 and the second moving member 201 shown in
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(24) In this embodiment, the driving device 44 drives the transmission linkage 452 so as to displace the placing platform 41 in the moving direction L in and out of the storage area 216 of the vehicle body 21. In
(25) In a further embodiment, the aforesaid manipulation can be performed by a movable placing portion 40 including a plurality of platform-moving members 454. These platform-moving members 454 are individually connected to the bottom surface S2 of the placing platform 41, and touch the lower wall A4 of the storage area 216. When the placing platform 41 is displaced in the moving direction L back and forth in the storage area 216 or out of the vehicle body 21, the platform-moving members 454 would be moved with the placing platform 41 so as thereby to displace the placing platform 41 over the lower wall A4 of the storage area 216. In this embodiment, the platform-moving member 454 can be a roller.
(26) In one more embodiment, the movable placing portion 40 includes a support-moving member 46 connected to an end of the supportive structure 43. Referring to
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(28) In this embodiment, the driving device 44 drives the transmission linkage 452 to further displace the placing platform 41 in the moving direction L, such that the placing platform 41 can move in and out of the storage area 216 of the vehicle body 21. In the state of
(29) In the aforesaid manipulation upon the movable placing portion 40, the platform-moving members 454 can facilitate the moving of the placing platform 41.
(30) In one more further embodiment, the movable placing portion 40 can include a support-moving member 46 furnished to the free end of the supportive structure 43. When the supportive structure 43 is at the supporting position P3 as shown in
(31) In summary, by providing the tour bus of this disclosure, structures inside the luggage compartment door are improved so as to make at least a portion of the movable placing portion able to be moved out of the vehicle body, and thereupon the user needn't bow his/her body deep into the receiving portion to fetch or store his/her luggage. Thus, management of the luggage would not be a problem anymore, and possible injury to the user by the luggage compartment door can be reduced. In addition, this design of the tour bus in this disclosure is also convenient for senior civilians.
(32) Further, in this disclosure, the placing platform of the movable placing portion can be individually structured out of the vehicle body, and then installed into the vehicle body for following usage.
(33) With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present disclosure.