Patent ID: 7249774

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: an elongated frame; a front wheel steering means disposed on one end of said frame including a manual steering mechanism for operating a front wheel; a control means disposed on said manual steering mechanism for operating a rear wheel; said rear wheel movably carried on an other end of said frame; a steering assembly disposed adjacent said frame in spaced-apart relationship with respect to said frame; said steering assembly including a housing, shift members within said housing having opposite ends pivotally coupled between said front wheel and said rear wheel; a shifter mechanism carried on said housing and operably connected to said shift members for selectively pivoting said rear wheel in response to said control means for steering the vehicle alternately in either a crab position wherein the front and rear wheel are pivoted in substantially the same manner or a normal turn position wherein the front and rear wheel are not pivoted in substantially the same manner; said shift members are a pair of elongated links slidably carried on said housing in parallel, spaced-apart relationship; and said pair of links are pivotally coupled to said rear wheel on opposite sides thereof and selectively joined together by said shifter mechanism.