Special purpose vehicles

Claim 1

IN A REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REAR END, A WHEELED CHASSIS, MEANS FOR PROPELLING THE VEHICLE, A VEHICLE CONTROL CAB FIXEDLY MOUNTED TO THE CHASSIS AT THE FRONT END THEREOF, A REFUSE STORAGE BIN FIXEDLY MOUNTED TO THE CHASSIS REARWARDLY OF THE CAB AND HAVING A REFUSE HOPPER OPENING FROM THE BIN ACROSS THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE, THE IMPRVOEMENT RESIDING IN MOVABLE AUXILIARY VEHICLE CONTROL MEANS FOR DRIVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE REAR END IN A DIRECTION SO THAT THE VEHICLE IS LOADED AT THAT END WHICH IS THE FORWARD END AS THE VEHICLE MOVES ALONG A REFUSE COLLECTION ROUTE, THE AUXILIARY CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING AN AUXILIARY VEHICLE CONTROL STATION FOR AN OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE, SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE AUXILIARY CONTROL STATION INDEPENDENTLY OF THE VEHICLE WHEELS, MEANS FOR MOVABLY MOUNTING THE SUPPORT MEANS TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, THE AUXILIARY CONTROL STATION BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION LATERALLY OF THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE AND A SECOND POSITION ALIGNED WITH THE VEHICLE, AND MEANS AT THE AUXILIARY CONTROL STATION OPERABLE BY THE OPERATOR AND CONNECTED TO THE MEANS FOR PROPELLING THE VEHICLE FOR INITIATING MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE.