The chain, which had scotched its signature blue A-frame design in favor of big boxes that can seat more customers, is testing a new prototype that uses the A-frame as a restaurant's entranceway.
The body design includes a rigid-mounted battery frame, which helps provide greater body rigidity compared to a conventional compact car.
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The design featured a wooden frame on top of a concrete-slab foundation, with an exterior covered in gray asbestos shingles. (Steel was in short supply.) The structure violated the Cambridge fire code, but it was granted an exemption because of its temporary status.
It looks like the Italian Gambalunga bikes from years ago, thanks to classic styling cues like a low frame and handlebars, rounded front fairing, its dial design and dual-cylinder exhaust.
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It's roughly 40lbs, with a white curvy frame -- according to the company, the body itself is largely a proprietary design, including the metal basket that's welded to the front handlebars.
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The original Zeppelins were based on a rigid design in which separate gas-tight compartments were surrounded by a metal frame covered with a non-airtight fabric.
By eliminating the bulky V6-engine option in favor of a smaller, 4-cylinder turbocharged engine, Hyundai could design the car on a smaller, lighter steel frame.
Not only is Mr. Parson's staging as earthy and right as a 12-bar blues, but Shaun Motley's sad, shabby set and Vincent Olivieri's precisely calculated sound design supply the frame for a winningly fine display of ensemble acting by the entire nine-person cast, led with unimpeachable realism by Mr. Robinson.
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The futuristic design is highlighted by the TV's dark titan metal color, an ultra-slim frame, naturally curved lines and a unique square-shaped stand, making it appear more like a work of art than a TV.
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The Carl Zeiss lens not only delivers spectacular image quality all the way to the edges of each frame, it incorporates a near-silent in-lens shutter and is far more compact than comparable lenses of interchangeable design.
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