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A fuel tank protective cage and mounting device for a vehicle such as school bus including a shelf section that is welded to front and rear sections and to right and left longitudinally extending members to provide a protective cage that is a totally welded structure. The right and left longitudinal

A fuel tank protective cage and mounting device for a vehicle such as school bus including a shelf section that is welded to front and rear sections and to right and left longitudinally extending members to provide a protective cage that is a totally welded structure. The right and left longitudinally extending members protect the fuel tank from puncture by the edges of the lower flange of the frame rails and also adds considerable strength and rigidity to the protective cage and mounting device. The protective cage is secured to the outer vertical surfaces of the frame rails and the fuel tank is located between the frame rails and secured to the cage.

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In combination with a vehicle of the type having longitudinally extending frame rails having transversely outwardly facing vertical surfaces and transversely inwardly facing flanges, a fuel tank disposed between said frame rails, and a fuel tank mounting and protective cage secured to the outwardly

In combination with a vehicle of the type having longitudinally extending frame rails having transversely outwardly facing vertical surfaces and transversely inwardly facing flanges, a fuel tank disposed between said frame rails, and a fuel tank mounting and protective cage secured to the outwardly facing vertical surfaces of the frame rails, the improvement wherein said improved fuel tank mounting and protective cage comprises: a transversely extending front section having a right extremity and a left extremity; a transversely extending rear section having a right extremity and a left extremity; a shelf section interconnecting said front section and said rear section and including an upwardly facing tank supporting surface, a plurality of right vertically extending mounting sections, and a plurality of left vertically extending mounting sections, said right and left vertically extending mounting sections each having a transversely inwardly facing mounting side mounted to said outward surfaces of said frame rails, said front and rear sections, shelf section and vertically extending mounting sections being welded to each other to produce an integrated unitary structure; a fuel tank secured to said tank supporting surface; and a right longitudinally extending member and a left longitudinally extending member, said longitudinally extending members being welded respectively between the extremities of said front and rear sections and to the mounting sides of said vertically extending mounting sections, said longitudinally extending members being disposed respectively between said fuel tank and said mounting sides of said vertically extending mounting sections above said tank supporting surface and adjacently below said frame rail flanges and extending parallel thereto.