Method of Leasing a Vehicle

• US 20110270772A1
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David R. Hall
• Original Assignee: David R. Hall
• Inventors: Hall, Stephen, Hall, David R.
• Application Number:
  US12/771,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20110270772A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/305
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0645 Rental transactions; Leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

In one aspect of the present invention, a method of leasing a vehicle comprises the steps of providing by a lessor a vehicle that incurs ongoing operating costs and leasing the vehicle to a lessee, wherein the ongoing operating costs are included in a recurring lease payment paid by the lessee to the lessor.

Claims

1. A method of leasing a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

providing by a lessor a vehicle that incurs ongoing operating costs;

leasing the vehicle to a lessee;

wherein the ongoing operating costs are included in a recurring lease payment paid by the lessee to a lessor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the operating costs include routine maintenance.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating costs include mechanical repairs.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the operating costs include energy consumption.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the operating costs include insurance payments.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the operating costs include incidental damage repair.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating costs include collision repair.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the operating costs include governmental fees.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method comprises the step of the lessor remotely disabling the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method comprises the step of the lessor locating the vehicle with a GPS location device.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the method comprises the step of the lessor performing the routine maintenance.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the method comprises the step of the lessor performing the incidental damage repair.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the method comprises the step of the lessor performing the collision repair.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises two steerable front wheels and a single rear wheel.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the vehicle comprises a deformation-resistant roll cage disposed about an enclosed passenger compartment.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the enclosed passenger compartment comprises a seat that places an operator in a generally recumbent position.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises a center of gravity disposed forward of a midpoint of a line joining a front axle and a rear axle.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises a center of gravity disposed below a line joining a front axle and a rear axle.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the vehicle comprises a trailing arm connecting the rear wheel to a frame of the vehicle.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the vehicle comprises a constantly variable transmission.