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US 10,293,876 B2Granted
Removable backrest for a vehicle
AssigneeBombardier Recreational Products Inc.
InventorsKarl Dery St-Cyr, Jamal Razouki, Charles Pellerin
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Abstract
A backrest for selectively connecting to a frame of a vehicle having a straddle seat has a back support, and first and second arms connected to the back support and extending forward thereof. Each of the arms has a first portion at least partially defining a first slot, a second portion slidably connected to the first portion, and a biasing member disposed between the first and second portions. The second portion defines a second slot. The first and second slots open in opposite directions. A vehicle having the backrest and a method of installing the backrest on a vehicle are also disclosed.
Claims10
A vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- a straddle seat mounted to the frame;
- two first posts connected to the frame on opposite sides of a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle;
- two second posts connected to the frame on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle and being longitudinally spaced from the two first posts;
- and
- a backrest selectively connected to the frame, the backrest comprising:
- a back support;
- a first arm connected to the back support, the first arm extending at least from the first post to the second post on a first side of the longitudinal centerline;
- and
- a second arm connected to the back support, the second arm extending at least from the first post to the second post on a second side of the longitudinal centerline,
- each of the first and second arms comprising:
- a first portion, the first portion at least partially defining a first slot;
- a second portion slidably connected to the first portion, the second portion defining a second slot, the first and second slots opening in opposite directions;
- and
- a biasing member disposed between the first and second portions,
- the first posts being received in the first slots and abutting the first portions,
- the second posts being received in the second slots and abutting the second portions, and
- the biasing members biasing the first portions toward the first posts and the second portions toward the second posts.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- a straddle seat mounted to the frame;
- two first elements on opposite sides of a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle;
- two second elements on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle and being longitudinally spaced from the two first elements;
- and
- a backrest selectively connected to the frame, the backrest comprising:
- a back support;
- a first arm connected to the back support, the first arm extending at least from the first element to the second element on a first side of the longitudinal centerline;
- and
- a second arm connected to the back support, the second arm extending at least from the first element to the second element on a second side of the longitudinal centerline,
- each of the first and second arms comprising a third element and a fourth element longitudinally spaced from the third element;
- and
- two biasing members biasing one of:
- the first element relative to the second element;
- and
- the third element relative to the fourth element;
- the first element being one of a first post and a first slot;
- the second element being one of a second post and a second slot;
- the third element being another one of the first post and the first slot;
- the fourth element being another one of the second post and the second slot;
- the first posts being received in the first slots,
- the second posts being received in the second slots;
- the biasing members biasing the first posts into the first slots and the second posts into the second slots.
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A method for installing a backrest on a vehicle,
- the vehicle having:
- a frame;
- a straddle seat mounted to the frame;
- one of:
- two first posts connected to the frame on opposite sides of a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle, and
- two first brackets connected to the frame on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerline, each of the two first brackets defining a first slot;
- and
- one of:
- two second posts connected to the frame on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerline, and
- two second brackets connected to the frame on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerline, each of the two second brackets defining a second slot;
- the backrest having:
- a back support;
- a first arm connected to the back support;
- and
- a second arm connected to the back support,
- each of the first and second arms having:
- a first portion, the first portion at least partially defining the first slot when the vehicle has the first post, the first portion having the first post connected thereto when the vehicle has the first bracket;
- a second portion slidably connected to the first portion, the second portion defining the second slot when the vehicle has the second post, the second portion having the second post connected thereto when the vehicle has the second bracket;
- and
- a biasing member biasing the first portion away from the second portion;
- the method comprising:
- inserting the first posts in the first slots;
- pushing the first and second arms to compress the biasing members;
- once the biasing members are compressed:
- aligning the second posts with the second slots;
- and
- releasing the first and second arms such that the biasing members bias the second portions away from the first portions thereby inserting the second posts in the second slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.