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A pick-up truck vehicle is provided with an elevatable cargo box to facilitate cargo loading and unloading. The vehicle includes a U-shaped cargo area within which the cargo box is located, thereby requiring removal of all suspension assemblies to the outer sides of the vehicle to permit the cargo b

A pick-up truck vehicle is provided with an elevatable cargo box to facilitate cargo loading and unloading. The vehicle includes a U-shaped cargo area within which the cargo box is located, thereby requiring removal of all suspension assemblies to the outer sides of the vehicle to permit the cargo box to be movable between elevated and lowered positions. The side-mounted suspension assembly employs a leaf spring coupled to a pivoting wheel carrier. A pair of integrally formed longitudinal members couple the wheel carrier pivotally to the frame, and a transverse, upwardly directed arm is pivotally coupled to the leaf spring by a dual pivot arrangement. Pivoting action therefore is present relative to the frame and the leaf spring. The wheel carrier is integrally formed with the longitudinal members and the upwardly directed arm and is disposed beneath the leaf spring.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A suspension assembly for a vehicle, the suspension assembly supporting reciprocative motion of a vehicle wheel with respect to a frame of the vehicle, the suspension assembly comprising:a leaf spring having first and second ends pivotally linked to respective portions of the vehic

[ We claim:] [1.] A suspension assembly for a vehicle, the suspension assembly supporting reciprocative motion of a vehicle wheel with respect to a frame of the vehicle, the suspension assembly comprising:a leaf spring having first and second ends pivotally linked to respective portions of the vehicle frame;a wheel carrier having a first longitudinal portion and a wheel carrying portion, the first longitudinal portion having a first end pivotally coupled to the frame of the vehicle and a second end for coupling to the wheel carrying portion, said wheel carrier further having a second portion coupled at one end thereof to the wheel carrying portion, a distal second end of the second portion being arranged to be coupled to said leaf spring; anda pivot coupling arrangement for pivotally coupling the distal second end of the second portion of said wheel carrier to said leaf spring, whereby said wheel carrier is disposed beneath said leaf spring, said leaf spring urging said wheel carrier via said pivot coupling arrangement away from the respective portions of the vehicle frame where the first and second ends of said leaf spring are coupled to the vehicle frame.