Patent ID: 8205893

Claim:
An adjustable vehicle having variable ground clearance, said vehicle comprising: a chassis; a wheel; an adjustable leg configured to couple said chassis to the wheel of the vehicle, the adjustable leg comprising a main leg coupled to the chassis and a drop leg coupled to the wheel of the vehicle, the drop leg movable with respect to the main leg for varying the ground clearance of the chassis over a surface of the ground, wherein one of the main leg or the drop leg comprises a tapered receiving pocket and the other of the main leg or the drop leg has a plurality of ground clearance-selecting apertures formed therein; and a removable stop for fixing the main leg with respect to the drop leg, the removable stop having a tapered portion and at least one protrusion, wherein the removable stop is positioned with said protrusion in a selected one of said plurality of apertures and received in the receiving pocket of the adjustable leg such that the tapered portion interacts with the tapered receiving pocket to prevent contraction of the adjustable leg and to force said protrusion into said one of the plurality of apertures while allowing extension of the adjustable leg.