Patent ID: RE44854

Claim:
An dual front wheel steering and suspension system adapted for operation with a three or four wheeled vehicle comprising: a vehicle frame; a front stanchion extending substantially vertically from said vehicle frame; a rear stanchion extending substantially vertically from said vehicle frame and residing parallel to said front stanchion; a manual steering member; a steering post extending from said front stanchion and rotationally supporting said manual steering member; a rotatable, telescopic steering column comprised of an upper steering column and an extendable lower steering column; a main steering arm; a first universal joint connecting said upper steering column to said manual steering member; a second universal joint connecting said extendable lower steering column to said main steering arm; a main steering arm support extending from a lower A frame arm and rotationally supporting said main steering arm; an upper A frame arm having two outboard ends each one pivotally connected to an upper end of a first or a second A frame arm outboard spacer member, and having a first midpoint spacer member pivotally connecting said upper A frame arm between said front and rear stanchions; said lower A frame arm having two outboard ends each one pivotally connected to a lower end of a said first or said second A frame arm outboard spacer member, and having a second midpoint spacer member pivotally connecting said lower A frame arm between said front and rear stanchions; two suspension members each rigidly connected to, and residing parallel to one of said A frame arm outboard spacer members; two wheel axles each connected to a different one of said suspension members; two front wheels each rotationally mounted on a different one of said axles; two secondary steering arms, each rigidly mounted onto one of said suspension members; a tierod having a first end and a second end each pivotally connected to one of said different secondary steering arms; a steering linkage rod having a first end pivotally connected to said main steering arm and a second end pivotally connected to one of said secondary steering arms; and two foot steering pegs wherein each one is rigidly mounted to one of said A frame outboard spacer members.