DRIVER’S COMFORT
TANK SEATS ADAPTED FOR TRUCKS
Relief from fatigue and the danger of falling asleep at the wheel has become possible for truck drivers as the result of the wartime production in the United States of more than 200,000 tank seats for the United Nations armed forces. At the request of truckers, who had learned of the level, comfortable ride made possible by the tank seats, the Monroe Auto Equipment Company, manufacturer of the seats, adapted them for use in trucks. The new truck seat features a ’ variable-rate coil spring which react equally to a large man or a small boy. A long auxiliary spring, used in conjunction with a doubleaction hydraulic shock absorber, limits the height of the in the free position and affords a resilient limit to its action. The shock absorber, resisting any sudden or sharp action of the spring, due to travel over bumps or rough roads, levels off the ride regardless of jolts. Because the seat eliminates rhythmic pounding pounding while the truck is in motion over a long period, it reduces the tendency of drivers to fall asleep at the wheel.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6243, 17 June 1946, Page 5
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188DRIVER’S COMFORT Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6243, 17 June 1946, Page 5
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