US PATENT SUBCLASS 280 / 86.758
.~.~.~ Steerable wheel toe


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280 /   HD   LAND VEHICLES

29  DF  WHEELED {21}
80.1  DF  .~ Running gear {20}
86.75  DF  .~.~ Alignment adjustment {2}
86.758.~.~.~ Steerable wheel toe


DEFINITION

Classification: 280/86.758

Steerable wheel toe:

(under subclass 86.75) Subject matter comprising an adjustment in a difference in distance between extreme front and rear edges of laterally opposed, pivotally navigatable wheels relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

(1) Note. "Toe-in" results when the distance difference for the extreme front edges is smaller than for the extreme rear edges. "Toe-out" results when the distance difference for the extreme front edges is greater than for the extreme rear edges.

(2) Note. Toe adjustment for a nonsteerable wheel is not included within this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

5.522+, for a suspension wherein toe adjustment is caused to occur in response to a force encountered while the vehicle is in surface traversing motion.

86.75, for toe adjustment for a nonsteerable wheel.