Patent ID: 8544587

Claim:
A three wheeled vehicle, comprising: a vehicle frame comprising lower frame rails extending generally longitudinally and an engine mount area adjacent a front of the frame, a cross tube positioned generally rearward of the engine mount area, extending transversely to the lower frame rails and supported above and by the lower frame rails, and frame tubes extending downwardly from the cross tube and extending rearwardly to a position adjacent a rear of the frame, the frame tubes defining a driver compartment on one side of the frame tubes and a passenger compartment on the other side of the frame tubes, and the frame tubes defining a tunnel beneath the frame tubes; an engine mounted to the engine mount area; front wheels coupled to the frame; a steering assembly coupled to the front wheels; side by side seats mounted in the driver and passenger compartments; a single rear wheel coupled to the frame rearward of the driver and passenger compartments; and a drive shaft extending through the tunnel and coupled at a first end to the engine and at a second end to the single rear wheel.