Patent ID: 8764040

Claim:
A suspension system for a vehicle, the vehicle having a frame, the suspension assembly comprising: a mount having a pair of ends and a central portion, the central portion being secured to a lower portion of the frame; a lower arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the lower arm's proximal end being pivotally secured to one end of the mount, the lower arm having an upper portion having a bracket secured thereto, the upper portion being structured to permit substantially linear passage of a drive shaft therebelow a spindle assembly that is hingedly secured to the distal end of the lower arm, the spindle assembly being structured to receive a wheel hub shaft therein; an upper arm having a distal end and a proximal end, the upper arm's distal end being hingedly secured to the spindle assembly, the upper arm's proximal end being hingedly secured to an upper portion of the frame; and a shock absorber having a lower end and an upper end, the shock absorber's lower end being pivotally secured to the bracket secured to the top of the upper portion of the lower arm; the shock absorber's upper end being pivotally secured to the frame.