Patent ID: 6866281

Claim:
A bicycle frame, comprising: a main frame portion; an articulating frame portion comprising: a pair of lower arms having a forward end and a rearward end, said forward ends being pivotally connected to said main frame portion at a first pivot axis; a pair of upper arms having a lower end and an upper end, said lower ends being pivotally connected near said rearward ends of said lower arms at a second pivot axis, one of said rearward ends of said lower arms and said lower ends of said upper arms defining a hub axis; a link pivotally connected to said upper ends of said upper arms at a third pivot axis and pivotally connected to said main frame portion at a fourth pivot axis; and a shock absorber pivotally connected to one of said main frame portion and said link at a fifth pivot axis and pivotally connected to said articulating frame portion at a sixth pivot axis, said sixth pivot axis being located near said hub axis.