Patent ID: 8596656

Claim:
A vehicle assembly, comprising: a vehicle including a frame having opposed first and second sides, opposed front and rear ends, and a front wheel mounted for rotation to the frame proximate to the front end of the frame positioned in front of an opposed rear wheel mounted for rotation to the frame proximate to the rear end of the frame and that is substantially in-line with respect to the front wheel; a first forward stabilizer and a second forward stabilizer each mounted to a fixture mounted to the frame; the fixture supporting the first forward stabilizer along the first side of the frame proximate to, and outboard of, the front wheel of the vehicle; the fixture supporting the second forward stabilizer along the second side of the frame proximate to, and outboard of, the front wheel of the vehicle so as to oppose the first forward stabilizer; the fixture movable between a raised position toward the frame of the vehicle away from the ground over which the vehicle is driven, and a lowered position away from the frame of the vehicle toward the ground over which the vehicle is driven; a lock assembly coupled between the frame and the fixture, and in the lowered position of the fixture the lock assembly is adjustable between a locked position locking the fixture in the lowered position preventing the fixture from moving from the lowered position to the raised position, and an unlocked position releasing the fixture in the lowered position allowing the fixture to move from the lowered position to the raised position; and the first and second forward stabilizers positioned to interact with the ground over which the vehicle is driven, along the first and second sides of the frame proximate to the front wheel of the vehicle, to stabilize the vehicle proximate to the front end of the frame of the vehicle.