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US 10,994,785 B2Granted
Side-by-side vehicle
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsAaron D. Deckard, Brian M. Safranski, Richard L. Sunsdahl
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Abstract
The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces. More particularly, the present invention relates to side-by-side all terrain vehicles having plural rows of seats.
Claims29
A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a frame extending in a generally longitudinal direction;
- a drive train supported by the frame;
- a plurality of wheels operably coupled to the frame;
- a first seating area positioned at a first longitudinal position;
- a second seating area positioned rearward of said first seating area;
- a hand hold bar positioned behind the first seating area;
- and
- a seat belt retractor mounted to the hand hold bar at a position adjacent to the first seating area, wherein at least a portion of the seat belt retractor is positioned inward of the frame and outward of an outermost side surface in a widthwise direction of the utility vehicle of a seat back of a first seat positioned within the first seating area.
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A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a frame extending in a generally longitudinal direction;
- a drive train supported by the frame;
- a plurality of wheels operably coupled to the frame;
- a first seating area positioned at a first longitudinal position;
- a second seating area positioned rearward of said first seating area;
- a hand hold bar positioned behind the first seating area;
- and
- a seat belt mounted to the hand hold bar at a position adjacent to the first seating area, wherein a height of the hand hold bar is vertically lower than a height of at least a portion of a seat back of at least one seat within at least one of the first seating area and the second seating area, the at least one seat further including a head rest and a seat bottom, the head rest being positioned above the seat back.
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A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a frame extending in a generally longitudinal direction;
- a drive train supported by the frame;
- a plurality of wheels operably coupled to the frame;
- a first seating area positioned at a first longitudinal position;
- a second seating area positioned rearward of said first seating area, the second seating area including at least one seat, the at least one seat having a seat bottom, a seat back, and a head rest;
- a hand hold bar positioned behind the first seating area;
- and
- a seat belt retractor mounted to the hand hold bar at a position adjacent to the first seating area, wherein the hand hold bar is positioned at a height that is vertically lower than a lowermost height of the head rest and an uppermost height of the seat back of the at least one seat within the second seating area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.