Recumbent Vehicle

A recumbent vehicle including:

• a chassis;
• two front wheels rotatably connected to the chassis near a front end thereof, the front wheels being rotatable about a front rotary axis;
• at least one rear wheel rotatably connected to the chassis near a rear end thereof, the rear wheel being rotatable about a rear rotary axis, wherein the front and the rear rotary axes lie on a substantially horizontal common plane, or respective substantially horizontal and parallel front and rear planes;
• a steering connected to one or more of the front wheels for steering the recumbent vehicle;
• a brake for braking one or more of the wheels;
• a drive for driving one or more of the wheels;
• a seat mounted on the chassis substantially between the first and second rotary axes, the seat having a base and a backrest reclined relative to the respective horizontal plane;
• one or more foot supports located on the chassis forwardly of the front rotary axis, such that the seat and the foot supports lie on opposite sides of the front rotary axis;
• characterised in that the recumbent vehicle further includes a load bay defined between:
• the chassis,
• a primary virtual line passing tangentially through the rear wheel at an acute angle, measured between the primary virtual line and the respective horizontal plane, of between 50 and 70 degrees;
• and
• a secondary virtual line being parallel with the primary virtual line and passing through a rear-most point on the backrest of the seat, wherein the load bay is an unobstructed space therebetween having:
• (i) a width at least equal to a width of the backrest of the seat;
• (ii) a depth, as measured perpendicularly between the primary and secondary virtual lines, of between 100 and 800 millimetres;
• and
• (iii) a height, as measured along the secondary virtual line from the chassis upwardly of at least 1000 millimetres.