Wide-hipped frame having integral torque box

Claim 1

A WIDE-HIPPED VEHICLE FRAME FOR USE IN A VEHICLE HAVING FRONT AND REAR WHEELS AND HAVING A PASSENGER FLOOR LEVEL GENERALLY COINCIDING WITH THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE FRAME, SAID FRAME HAVING A FRONT NARROW PORTION, A WIDE INTERMEDIATE PORTION HAVING A FRONT END IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID FRONT NARROW PORTION, AND A NARROW REAR PORTION, SAID FRONT NARROW PORTION INCLUDING A PAIR OF TUBULAR FRONT INNER SIDE RAILS, AND A PAIR OF FRONT TORQUE BOXES COMPRISING CONTINUOUS, OUTWARDLY CURVING EXTENSIONS OF SAID TUBULAR FRONT INNER SIDE RAILS, SAID TORQUE BOXES PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING IN HORIZONTAL CROSS SECTIONAL DIMENSION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DECREASING IN VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONAL DIMENSION WHILE CURVING ABRUPTLY OUTWARDLY ON A LINE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FRAME THROUGH THE FRONT END OF THE WIDE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE FRAME, SAID TORQUE BOXES CONNECTING THE FRONT NARROW PORTION TO THE WIDE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE VEHICLE FRAME, WHEREBY SAID TORQUE BOXES PROVIDE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE FRAME, THE DASH AREA OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE ADJACENT WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE.