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SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY HAVING AN INTEGRATED STABLE STORAGE PLATFORM

  • US 20080258416A1
  • Filed: 03/20/2008
  • Published: 10/23/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A suspension system for a tilting vehicle that travels on a surface, comprising:

  • a central frame having a front, a rear and a support means for a rider;

    a front suspension arrangement including a top suspension bar and a bottom suspension bar each having a respective left end and right end and a left suspension bar and a right suspension bar each having a respect top end and bottom end wherein said left ends of said top and bottom suspension bars are pivotally attached to said respective top and bottom ends of said left suspension bar and right ends of said top and bottom suspension bars are pivotally attached to said respective top and bottom ends of said right suspension bar such that said top and bottom suspension bars are substantially parallel to one another and said left and right suspension bars are substantially parallel to one another, wherein a central portion of said top and bottom suspension bars are pivotally affixed to the front of the central frame; and

    a storage region created by a rearward extension of said bottom suspension bar,wherein tilting of said central frame displaces said top suspension bar relative to said bottom suspension bar causing said left and right suspension bars to tilt at an angle equal to the tilt of the central frame.

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