Antisway suspension system for an axled vehicle

Claim 1

A suspension system for an axled vehicle having a frame which includes a pair of spaced longitudinal frame members, said suspension system comprising a rigid elongated support member spaced below and substantially parallel to each frame member and having opposite end portions, a transverse axle positioned below said frame members and fixedly attached to each support member intermediate said end portions thereof, a suspension unit carried by each support member end portion and interconnecting each support member and overlying frame member, each suspension unit including a lower bracket and an upper bracket interconnected by reSilient members, said lower bracket being attached to the support member end portion carrying the suspension unit and having inclined diverging end parts located one on each side of the support member, said upper bracket being spaced above said lower bracket and connected to the overlying frame member, said upper bracket having diverging end parts positioned one on each side of the overlying frame member which parallel corresponding end parts of said lower bracket, and one of said resilient members being positioned between and having end parts secured to each pair of corresponding end parts of said lower and upper brackets.