.~.~.~ Load base below wheel axis (e.g., drop body type)
DEFINITION
Classification: 280/47.23
(under subclass 47.17) Vehicles in which a portion or all of the load supporting base of the frame or vehicle body is either suspended from the axle means or otherwise disposed below the wheel axis, as for example by support in the bight of a "U-shaped" or "drop" axle. The load base or body portion must be positioned below a horizontal plane including the wheel axis at all times in normal use of the carrier, both when the carrier is at rest and in transporting position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2, for similar body and wheel axis relations in vehicles which are not article or attendant stabilized or handle propelled.
6.151+, for a vehicle including means, interposed between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and running gear thereof, for altering height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or frame for the proximate utility of facilitating cargo movement which may entail lowering the cargo support surface below the usual running gear level.
43.11, for a vehicle having a vertically adjustable wheel the axis of which may be moved to a position above the load carrying surface of the vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops, 25, for bodies with dropped bottoms.
