WALKING VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; pull-type mounting. SUBSTANCE: vehicle has frame, front steering wheel, side supporting wheel, walking propulsion unit with pair of support feet and hitch shackle connected with frame through cardan mechanism. Two adjacent joints of cardan mechanism cross are rigidly connected by rod. One of joints is rigidly connected with frame, and second joint is connected with hitch shackle provided with hole arranged square to axis for fitting in kingpin of hole of vehicle to be trailed. EFFECT: decreased overturning moment owing to provision of imaginary hinge joint at ground level. 3 dwg