In this class, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
"vehicle" means all vehicles except those restricted to one of the following types of vehicles: rail vehicles, waterborne vessels, aircraft, space vehicles, hand carts, cycles, animal-drawn vehicles, and sledges, which are covered by the relevant subclasses of Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61-B64.
Thus the term "vehicle" includes:
vehicular characteristics which are common to more than one of the above-listed types;
certain characteristics restricted to automobiles, road or cross-country trailers.
The following exceptions to the above should be noted:
subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C embraces the connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles;
subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60M embraces certain power supply equipment for, but external to, any kind of electrically-propelled vehicle;
subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60T includes brake control systems of general applicability, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles. It also includes rail-vehicle power-brake systems and some other features of rail-vehicle brake systems.
VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD; AMPHIBIOUS OR LIKE VEHICLES; CONVERTIBLE VEHICLES (air-cushion vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60V)
B60F 1/00
Vehicles for use both on rail and on road; Conversions therefor
B60F 1/02
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with rail and road wheels on the same axle
B60F 1/04
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with rail and road wheels on different axles
B60F 3/00
Amphibious vehicles, i.e. vehicles capable of travelling both on land and on water; Land vehicles capable of travelling under water (bouyant wheels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B)