Patent ID: 6056078
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B62D,B62H,B62J,B62K

Abstract:
In a center-tracking motor vehicle designed for carrying a driver and a rear passenger within an enclosed body and having front and rear primary road wheels disposed in tandem relationship and situated substantially midway between opposite sides of the body, said vehicle having a length, a longitudinal axis and a rear end, the combination comprising:a front seating means comprising of a hip-supporting surface, a back-supporting surface and a front leg room area, for seating of the driver,a rear seating means comprising of a hip-supporting surface, a back-supporting surface and a rear leg room area for seating of the rear passenger, said rear seating means faces toward the rear end of the vehicle, thereby placing the back-supporting surfaces of the front seat and the back-supporting surfaces of the rear seat in close proximity in order to reduce the vehicle's upper body profile area, and placing the rear leg room area toward the rear end of the vehicle to share space with the rear primary road wheel thereby reducing the vehicle's length,motor means for supplying motive power to the rear primary road wheel, said motor means is disposed generally on a floor space between the front seat and the rear seat,said rear primary road wheel is covered by a wheel pan, said wheel pan protrudes upward into the rear leg room area along the vehicle's longitudinal axis thereby reducing the vehicle's length, and,at least one outrigger device disposed on a lateral side of the vehicle for stabilizing said vehicle during period of insufficient forward speed.