Tank holding frame

A tank holding frame adapted for use on a vehicle body so as to retain a fuel tank removably therein, the vehicle body having a first bar section that extends in a front-to-rear direction, a second bar section that extends in the front-to-rear direction and that is spaced apart from the first bar section in a left-to-right direction, and an upper bar section that extends in the left-to-right direction and that is disposed above rear segments of the first and second bar sections, said tank holding frame comprising:

• a front beam that is disposed to extend in the left-to-right direction and that has opposite ends adapted to be connected to front segments of the first and second bar sections such that said front beam is spaced apart from the upper bar section in the front-to-rear direction;
• a first beam including a first beam segment that extends in the front-to-rear direction and that has front and rear ends, and a second beam segment that extends downwardly from said front end of said first beam segment, said first beam being adapted to be disposed adjacent to the first bar section, said rear end of said first beam segment being adapted to be connected to the upper bar section, said second beam segment having one end distal from said first beam segment and connected to said front beam;
• a second beam including a third beam segment that extends in the front-to-rear direction and that has front and rear ends, and a fourth beam segment that extends downwardly from said front end of said third beam segment, said second beam being spaced apart from said first beam in the left-to-right direction, said rear end of said third beam segment being adapted to be connected removably to the upper bar section, said fourth beam segment having one end distal from said third beam segment and adapted to be connected removably to the second bar section;
• a rear beam including an upright beam segment that has upper and lower ends, and a horizontal beam segment that extends from said lower end of said upright beam segment, said rear beam being spaced apart from said front beam in the front-to-rear direction, said upper end of said upright beam segment being connected to said first beam, said horizontal beam segment having one end distal from said upright beam segment and adapted to be connected to the second bar section;
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• a guard member that is disposed above said front beam, that extends in the left-to-right direction, and that has opposite ends, each of which is adjacent to a respective one of said first and second beams;
• wherein at least one of said opposite ends of said guard member is connected removably to the respective one of said first and second beams;
• wherein said front and rear beams, said first and second beams, and said guard member are adapted to cooperate with the second bar section and the upper bar section of the vehicle body to define a tank holding space adapted for holding the fuel tank therein, the fuel tank being removable from the tank holding space when said second beam and said guard member are detached from said tank holding frame.