Patent ID: 7185900

Claim:
A frame and steering arrangement for a three-wheel vehicle comprising: a rigid, open box frame comprising primary and secondary side rails spaced from each other and joined at opposite ends by a front rail and a rear plate; a plurality of mounting components adapted for mounting an associated vehicle engine on the frame adjacent to and rearwardly of the front rail; first and second support bars each having lower ends, said lower ends are mounted on an upper edge of said primary side rails and said front rail, said first and second support bars and extending over and forwardly of said front rail of said frame; said first and second support bars at upper ends connected to a head tube adapted to mount a front wheel assembly on said frame; a steering assembly having a front steering bar to connect to said front wheel assembly; said steering assembly including a rear mounting plate pivotal relative to said frame and located rearwardly of said front wheel assembly; a pair of connecting rods of different lengths pivotally connected between said steering bar and said rear mounting plate whereby said mounting plate is pivotal about an axis laterally offset from said front wheel assembly; and, said pair of connecting rods coplanar with said front steering bar.