Torque box frame with pheasant tail support

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE FRAME HAVING NARROW END PORTIONS AND A WIDER CENTRAL PORTION JOINING SAID NARROW PORTIONS, STRUCTURE COMPRISING: (A) A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED GENERALLY PARALLEL SIDE RAILS FORMING THE FORWARD NARROW END PORTION OF SAID FRAME; (B) EACH SAID RAIL COMPRISING AN INNER AND AN OUTER CHANNEL MEMBER WITH THE FLANGES OF SAID MEMBERS IN FACING RELATIONSHIP AND SECURED TOGETHER TO FORM A BOX-LIKE SECTION, (C) SAID INNER AND OUTER MEMBERS DIVERGING FORWARDLY OF THE FORWARD END TERMINUS OF SAID WIDER CENTRAL FRAME PORTION, (D) SAID INNER MEMBERS EXTENDING INTEGRALLY AND REARWARDLY FROM THE POINT OF DIVERGENCE TO SUBSTANTIALLY REARWARDLY OF THE FORWARD END OF SAID WIDER CENTRAL FRAME PORTION TO FORM A PHEASANT TAIL AND TERMINATING A FREE END PORTIONS INBOARD OF SAID WIDER PORTION, (E) A CROSS MEMBER OF RELATIVELY SHORT LENGTH EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID INNER MEMBERS, THE ENDS OF SAID CROSS MEMBER BEING SECURED TO THE REARWARD FREE ENDS OF SAID INNER MEMBERS, (F) EACH OF SAID OUTER SIDE RAIL MEMBER BEING SPLAYED ABRUPTLY OUTWARDLY REARWARDLY FROM THE POINT OF SAID DIVERGENCE TO FORM A FRONT TORQUE BOX PORTION SECURED TO THE FORWARD END TERMINUS OF SAID WIDER CENTRAL FRAME PORTION, (G) AND A SHORT CHANNEL MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PHEASANT TAIL AND SAID FORWARD END OF SAID WIDER CENTRAL FRAME PORTION AND SECURED THERETO, THE FLANGES OF SAID SHORT CHANNEL MEMBER FACING THE FLANGES OF SAID SPLAYED PORTION OF SAID OUTER MEMBER AND BEING SECURED THERETO TO FORM THE REAR TORQUE BOX PORTION, SO THAT A CLOSED TORQUE BOX IS PROVIDED.