Steering and suspension system for the front wheel of a three-wheeled vehicle

A steering and support device in combination with a wheel of a vehicle in which said wheel has a hub including a central axle, said vehicle including a frame, said steering and support device comprising:

• a pair of suspension frames carried by said axle, the first of said suspension frames spaced from and on an opposite side of said wheel from the second suspension frame, a lateral cross brace rigidly connected at one end to said first suspension frame and at its other end to said second suspension frame, a first steering arm pivotally connected at one end to said first suspension frame, and a second steering arm pivotally connected at one end to said second suspension frame, a first pin attached to said first steering arm and pivotally journalled in bearing means on said vehicle frame at a location spaced from said first steering arm one end, a second pin attached to said second steering arm spaced from said second steering arm one end and journalled in a second bearing means on said vehicle frame spaced from said first mentioned bearing means on said vehicle frame, linkage means for associating said first and second steering arms at their opposite ends to a steering control apparatus wherein said linkage means causes the steering arms to rotate about said first and second pins upon actuation of said steering control apparatus to turn said wheel in a chosen direction.