US PATENT SUBCLASS 180 / 265
.~.~ Having axle offset longitudinally from axis of pivot

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180 /   HD   MOTOR VEHICLES

252  DF  HAVING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL BOTH DRIVEN AND STEERABLE {4}
264  DF  .~ With driven axle, mounting two or more wheels, swingable about axis of pivot, and motor mounted to swing therewith {1}
265.~.~ Having axle offset longitudinally from axis of pivot

DEFINITION

Classification: 180/265

Having axle offset longitudinally of vehicle from axis of pivot:

(under subclass 264) Vehicle wherein the axis of pivot about which the axle swings is spaced from the axle lengthwise of the vehicle.

(1) Note. In the art of this subclass, the axis of pivot frequently is the axis of articulation of an articulated vehicle.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

235, for a motor vehicle having four wheels driven and means for steering all of the driven wheels and wherein the means comprises an articulated frame for the vehicle and means for pivoting one portion of the frame relative to the other portion about a generally vertical axis located approximately at the center of the vehicle.

238, as explained in the reference to subclass 237 in subclass 264 above and with the further observation that subclass 238 provides for at least one of the axles to be offset from its axis of pivot.