JPH0349104Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] <Industrial application field> This invention allows two three-wheeled vehicles to be mounted on a pick-up truck and run as one vehicle, as well as three vehicles: the pick-up truck and two three-wheeled vehicles. Concerning a parent-child vehicle that can be driven as a vehicle.

<Conventional technology> Conventionally, passenger cars have been formed into body shapes suitable for each purpose, and these have been dedicated models that are optimally configured for a single purpose, or vehicles that are limited to a specific purpose. It was formed into a general-purpose type that could be used for a variety of purposes.

Further, according to an automobile proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 57-201778, the vehicle includes a wheelchair, a body having a roof portion, front wheels driven by an engine, and a storage portion for the wheelchair. It was configured so that it could be combined and separated. When the body and the wheelchair are combined, this automobile runs with the driving wheels of the wheelchair as the rear wheels, and when separated, the wheelchair runs alone.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, in automobiles with such conventional configurations, even if the automobile is a multi-purpose vehicle, or even if it is a vehicle that can be combined or separated, one multi-purpose vehicle A car cannot be used for more than one purpose at the same time; for example, if a family uses a car for commuting, a separate car is needed for shopping.

Therefore, it was necessary to secure a large parking space depending on the number of cars used.

Also, since the shape and dimensions of the car are constant,
There has been a problem in that when road conditions change during driving and the road width becomes narrow, movement in a car is restricted.

<Means for solving the problem> This invention was made to solve the above problem, and consists of one pick-up truck and two three-wheeled vehicles, and the two three-wheeled vehicles are: The three-wheeled vehicle is formed so that it can be mounted on the loading platform of the pick-up truck in parallel in the front and back direction of the pick-up truck, and the three-wheeled vehicle is provided with a seat that is configured to be convertible to face forward or backward, and the two three-wheeled vehicles are , when loaded parallel to the cargo bed with their front portions facing the rear of the pick-up truck, the seats are oriented in the forward direction of the pick-up truck and combined with the pick-up truck to accommodate multiple passengers. This is a parent-child vehicle configured to function as a vehicle.

<Function> This invention is constructed as described above, and the front parts of two tricycles are directed toward the rear of the pick-up truck, and are mounted parallel to each other on the pick-up truck's loading platform. By orienting the seats in the forward direction of the pick-up truck, the three cars can be combined to occupy a road area equivalent to one pick-up truck, allowing the vehicle to travel.

Furthermore, by unloading the two three-wheeled vehicles from the loading platform of the pick-up truck, there are three vehicles, one pick-up truck and two three-wheeled vehicles, each of which can be driven individually.

<Embodiment> An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a pick-up truck that serves as the parent vehicle of this parent-child vehicle, and a loading platform 10 that can mount two three-wheeled passenger cars 30 that serve as child vehicles at the rear.
Equipped with:

This pick-up rack 1 has at least two
It has a driver's cab 2 equipped with enough seats 3, and a sliding roof 25 is provided at both ends of the roof 4 of the driver's cab 2.
A guide rail 26 is provided to guide the vehicle in the front-rear direction. The sliding roof 25 is located above the roof 4 when moved forward, and an upper panel 5 made of vinyl leather that covers the upper half of the back of the driver's cab 2 hangs from the rear edge 25b of the sliding roof 25. It is set in. This upper panel 5 is provided with a window 5a for obtaining visibility to the rear, and the lower edge of the upper panel 5 is made of vinyl leather provided to cover the lower half of the back of the driver's cab 2. The upper edge of the lower panel 6 is locked with a locking device (not shown) such as a hook, and the both sides of the upper panel 5 and the lower panel 6 are locked with the rear pillar 7 by a locking device (not shown). The upper panel 5 and the lower panel 6 form the operator's cab 2.
The rear panel is formed.

Furthermore, when the sliding roof 25 is moved rearward, it is guided by the guide rails 49 provided on each of the two tricycles 30 mounted on the loading platform 10 of the pick-up truck 1, and It is formed to move above the roof 33.

Further, a tailgate 11 that opens outward is provided at the rear end of the loading platform 10.
On the upper edge of the road surface GL and the loading platform 10,
A pair of rotatable steps 12 are screwed so as to be connected via a tailgate 11 at an inclined surface. Further, on the loading platform 10, guides 15, 16,
The guides 15 and 16 are provided on the loading platform 10 in close proximity to the side plates 13 and 14 of the loading platform 10, and the guide 17 is provided at the center of the loading platform 10 so as to extend in the front-rear direction. . The inner dimensions between the guides 15 and 17 and between the guides 16 and 17 are formed to be slightly larger than the dimension between the outer sides of both rear wheels 42 of the three-wheeled vehicle 30. Also, loading platform 1
A stopper 18 is provided at the front of the vehicle 0 so as to connect the side plates 13 and 14, and regulates the position of the rear wheel 42 of the three-wheeled vehicle 30 in the forward direction.
Further, the rear pillar 7 is provided with a stopper 19 that comes into contact with the vehicle body 31 and the rear pillar 36 of the three-wheeled vehicle 30 to regulate the position thereof. Further, the rear wheels 27 of the pick-up truck 1 are provided so as to protrude outward from the side plates 13 and 14, so that the rear wheels 27 of the pickup truck 1
The rear wheel 27 has no bulge and is formed in a flat plate shape.

The three-wheeled vehicle 30 has an engine compartment 3 at the lower rear.
The vehicle body 31 has a seat 44 provided above the engine compartment 32 and a handlebar 4.
A front wheel 41 steered by 0 and a driving wheel 1
It mainly consists of a pair of rear wheels 42.

The three-wheeled vehicles 30 are configured so that two of them are mounted on the loading platform 10 of the pick-up truck 1.
As shown in FIG. 3, two three-wheeled vehicles 30 are mounted in parallel on the loading platform 10 of the pick-up truck 1, with the front portions facing toward the rear of the pick-up truck 1. And, the total length of the tricycle 30 is the loading platform 1
0, the width is slightly smaller than 1/2 of the inside width of the loading platform 10, and the overall height is from the surface of the loading platform 10 to the roof 4.
The height is approximately equal to the height of the Further, these two three-wheeled vehicles 30 have substantially the same configuration, and a portion thereof is formed in a mirror-symmetrical shape with respect to an intermediate line C between the two vehicles mounted in parallel.

That is, a headlamp 47 is provided at the front of the vehicle body 31.
A pair of clearance turn signal lamps 48 are also provided, and a rear combination lamp (not shown) is provided at the rear. Further, the roof 33 is supported by a pair of front pillars 34 extending upward from the vehicle body 1 and a pair of rear pillars 36 at the rear end. The engine room 32 also houses an engine (not shown), and the engine is configured to drive the rear wheels 42 . Further, on the upper floor surface 31a of the engine room 32, a seat 44 is rotatably supported in a horizontal plane by a shaft 43 provided protruding from the center of the bottom surface thereof. The seat 44 is screwed to the seat 44 at approximately the same height as the seat portion 44a and extends to the left side (upper side in FIGS. 3 and 7), and its free end is rotatable upward. An auxiliary seat 45 is provided. Furthermore, a pin (not shown) is provided protruding from the center of the bottom of the auxiliary seat 45, and the pin is formed so as to be fit into a lock hole 46a or 46b provided in the floor surface 31a. When the pin is inserted into the lock hole 46a, the seat 44 faces forward toward the front of the tricycle 30, and its rotation is locked, so that the driver faces the steering wheel 40. Also, the pin is locked in the lock hole 46b.
When the seat 44 is inserted into the seat, the seat 44 faces rearward and is locked from rotation. When the seat 44 faces rearward, this auxiliary seat 45 becomes continuous with the rearward facing auxiliary seat 45 of another tricycle 30 mounted in parallel, forming an auxiliary seat for one person. be done. Incidentally, at this time, a detachable auxiliary backrest portion (not shown) is formed so as to be attachable to the floor surface 31a. The above-mentioned configuration is based on the three-wheeled vehicle 30 mounted on the right side (upper side in FIG. 3) of the loading platform 10 of the pick-up truck 1 (for convenience of explanation,
The three-wheeled vehicle 30 (hereinafter referred to as the three-wheeled vehicle 30L for convenience of explanation), which is mounted on the left side of the loading platform 10 (lower side in FIG. 3), has an auxiliary seat 44.
The lock holes 46a and 46b are formed at mirror-symmetrical positions as described above.

Further, a handle 40 is provided from the front of the vehicle body 31 toward the seat 44, and the handle 40 is
It is equipped with a tilt mechanism to change its height position, and is connected to the front wheels 41 via a steering device (not shown). Further, a front glass 35 is provided between the pair of front pillars 34. The height position of the handle 40 can be changed to widen the range of inclination of the backrest of the seat 44 when the seat 44 is locked rearward.

In addition, the side opening between the front pillar 34 and the rear pillar 36 is provided on the left side of the three-wheeled vehicle 30R (see FIG. 3).
In the case of a three-wheeled vehicle 30L, the side glass 3
8 is inserted. Note that when the three-wheeled vehicles 30R and 30L are mounted in parallel among the rear pillars 36, the rear pillars 36 of both vehicles on the side closer to the intermediate line C are formed to be removable from the respective vehicle bodies 31 and roofs 33. It is designed so that the field of view is not obstructed when mounted.

Further, a guide rail 49 is provided at one end edge of the roof 33 extending in the front-rear direction, and guides the aforementioned slide roof 25 in the front-rear direction.
In 0R, its left edge (upper side in Figures 3 and 7)
In addition, in the case of the three-wheeled vehicle 30L, they are arranged on the right edge of the three-wheeled vehicle 30L. When the sliding roof 25 is mounted in parallel and moved above the tricycles 30R and 30L, the guide rails 49 of both vehicles are formed to guide and support one edge of the sliding roof 25, respectively. . And sliding roof 2
5 reaches the retreating end, its front edge 25a is
The rear end edge 25b is formed so as to be in contact with the roof 4 of the pick-up rack 1 and supported by being positioned on the front edge of the roof 33 of each of the three-wheeled vehicles 30R and 30L. At this time, the upper panel 5 provided on the rear edge 25b of the sliding roof 25 moves together with the sliding roof 25, and is formed to cover the windshields 35 of both vehicles, respectively. The window portion 5a of the upper panel 5 is located on each windshield 35 to ensure rear visibility, and the locking tool provided on the upper panel 5 is attached to the front pillar 34 located on the outside of both cars. It is formed to be locked to a provided locking tool (not shown).

Next, the operation of the traveling device configured as described above will be explained.

First, in order to load the two three-wheeled vehicles 30 onto the pick-up truck 1, the tailgate 11 is opened and the pair of steps 12 are rotated to form a continuous slope from the road surface RL to the loading platform 10. (See Figure 2). Subsequently, the three-wheeled vehicle 30R is retreated and mounted on the right side of the loading platform 10, and the three-wheeled vehicle 30L is further retreated and the loading platform 10 is mounted on the left side. At this time, the rear wheels 42 of the three-wheeled vehicles 30R and 30L are connected to the guides 15 and 17 or the guide 1.
Further, each rear wheel 42 of both cars is defined by a stopper 18, and each rear pillar 36 and the vehicle body 31 located on the outside of both cars are defined by a stopper 19. The loading position is determined in the longitudinal direction.

When the three-wheeled vehicles 30R and 30L are respectively mounted at predetermined positions, the step 12 and the tailgate 11 are sequentially operated to close the tailgate 11 of the loading platform 10. As a result, the front ends of the three-wheeled vehicles 30R and 30L are defined on the step 12 surface.

Subsequently, the locking devices on the upper panel 5 and the lower panel 6 are removed, and the sliding roof 25 is moved rearward.
The sliding roof 25 is guided by the guide rails 26 and 49 and reaches the retreating end. At this time, the front edge 25a of the sliding roof 25 is in contact with the roof 4 of the pick-up truck 1, and the rear edge 25b is in contact with the roof 4 of the pick-up truck 1. It is located at the front edge of each roof 33 of 30R and 30L. Next, the upper panel 5 is made to cover the windshields 35 of both cars, and the locking tools provided on the upper panel 5 are locked with the locking tools on the front pillars 34 of both cars. As a result, three-wheeled vehicle 30R,
A continuous roof is formed above the pick-up rack 1 from the roof 4 of the pick-up rack 1, and an upper panel 5 is formed above the pick-up rack 1.
The window portion 5a forms a rear window.

Furthermore, the auxiliary seats 45 of each of the three-wheeled vehicles 30R and 30L are operated to release the lock, and the seats 44 are
Rotate it 180 degrees so that both cars face backwards, that is, the pick-up rack 1 faces forward, and lock it. As a result, the auxiliary seats 45 of both vehicles are located on the intermediate line C side, and both auxiliary seats 45 form an auxiliary seat for one person. ,30
L ensures seating for three people with two seats 44 and both auxiliary seats 45. Then, by removing the rear pillar 36 on the side closer to the intermediate line C of both cars,
Pickup truck 1 and tricycle 30R, 3
0L is combined to form a combined parent-child vehicle having at least two seats in the front and three seats in the rear.

This combined parent-child vehicle can be driven by one driver and can carry at least four other people.

Furthermore, when separating the combined parent-child vehicle into three vehicles, the procedure described above is reversed. This results in one pick-up truck 1 and two three-wheeled vehicles 30, each of which can be driven individually.

Note that this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned explanation and illustrated examples, and its embodiments can be modified without departing from the technical idea of this invention.

<Effects of the invention> The parent-child vehicle according to this invention has the above-mentioned configuration, and one pick-up truck and two three-wheeled vehicles are combined to provide a multi-person vehicle with an area equivalent to one pick-up truck. It can be used as a parent-child vehicle with integrated riding.
Therefore, three cars can be parked in one parking space, and moreover, if many people are doing the same activity, only one driver can drive the car.

Furthermore, one parent-child vehicle can be separated into one pickup truck and two three-wheeled vehicles, each of which can travel independently, and these three vehicles can be used for different purposes at the same time.

Furthermore, since the width of two three-wheeled vehicles is approximately half the width of a pickup truck, even if road conditions change and the road becomes narrower while driving as a combined parent and child vehicle, the three-wheeled vehicle You can drive the car separately and continue your activities in the car.

In addition, the pick-up truck that unloads the three-wheeled vehicle can use its loading platform to transport large loads that cannot be loaded on a normal passenger car. They can be combined and separated depending on the needs of the vehicle, and can be adapted to suit a wide range of applications.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective explanatory view showing a parent-child car according to an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of the same combined parent-child car, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same combined parent-child car, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the combined parent-child car. Similarly, Figure 5 is a side view of a pickup truck, Figure 6 is a side view of a three-wheeled vehicle, Figure 7 is a plan view of a three-wheeled vehicle, and Figure 8 is a three-wheeled vehicle. FIG. 1... Pick-up truck, 10... Loading platform,
30...tricycle, 44...seat.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] Consisting of one pick-up truck and two three-wheeled vehicles, the two three-wheeled vehicles are mounted in parallel on the loading platform of the pick-up truck in the longitudinal direction of the pickup truck. and the three-wheeled vehicle is provided with a seat configured to be convertible to either a forward or a rearward direction, and the two three-wheeled vehicles are arranged parallel to the loading platform with their respective front portions facing the rear of the pick-up truck. 1. A parent-child vehicle, characterized in that, when the vehicle is mounted on the vehicle, the seat is oriented in the forward direction of the pickup truck, and is combined with the pickup truck to form a multi-person vehicle.