Vehicle, suspension system, suspended object, and method of use thereof

摘要

A vehicle comprising lower and upper surfaces (14,46), an object and a suspension apparatus for holding the object in a suspended position in the vehicle. The object having opposite rear and front edges, and adjacent first and second halves extending between the rear and front edges. The suspension apparatus being adapted to anchor the object to the lower surface of the vehicle via elongated suspension elements (64,92), and comprising first and second elongated suspension elements. Each elongated suspension element comprising first and second ends and an intermediate portion therebetween. The first elongated suspension element is connected via the first end thereof to a first point on the object's first half, and is connected via the second end thereof to a first point on the vehicle's lower surface disposed closer to the object's second half than to the first half thereof. The second elongated suspension element is connected via the first end thereof to a second point on the object's second half, and is connected via the second end thereof to a second point on the vehicle's lower surface disposed closer to the object's first half than to the second half thereof.