Patent ID: 8376382

Claim:
A vehicle comprising a middle frame section where an operator is supported to which is attached a front contact member and a drive mechanism to power the vehicle and to which is attached a rear suspension linkage comprising at least one rearmost contact mounting point member extending vertically from a contact mounting point at a wheel's axle at the lower most point of the at least one member, at least one trailing arm suspension member with a distal end pivotally connected to a location approximately mid way along the at least one rearmost contact mounting point member and with a proximal end attached to a pivot point on the vehicle middle frame section near the vertical mid height of the vehicle's frame section, this linkage also comprising at least another trailing arm suspension member pivotally connected at a distal end to a location at the top of the rearmost contact mounting point member and pivotally connected to the vehicle's frame section and at a proximal end to a point that crosses and mounts below the proximal end of the other trailing arm suspension member and to which is attached a spring and shock absorber unit mounted to the at least one trailing arm suspension member and to either the frame section or to the other suspension member or members.