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US 12,110,058 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.
Claims21
A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a frame extending in a generally longitudinal direction;
- a drive train supported by the frame, the drive train comprising an engine;
- a plurality of wheels operably coupled to the frame, the plurality of wheels comprising a first wheel and a second wheel;
- a first seating area positioned at a first longitudinal position, the first seating area being rearward of the first wheel and forward of the second wheel;
- a second seating area positioned at a second longitudinal position, the second seating area being rearward of said first seating area, a seat bottom of the second seating area being forward of the engine, a front plane of the engine being forward of the second wheel, the seat bottom being below a top plane of the engine, and the second seating area being profiled such that an uppermost seating surface of the second seating area is higher than an uppermost seating surface of 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 front axle coupled to one or more of the plurality of wheels;
- a rear axle coupled to one or more of the plurality of wheels;
- a first seating area comprised of side-by-side seat positions at a first longitudinal position;
- a second seating area comprised of side-by-side seat positions at a second longitudinal position, where the second longitudinal position positions an uppermost seating surface of the second seating area above an uppermost seating surface of the first seating area and either above or longitudinally forward of a centerline of the rear axle, and where the side-by-side seat positions comprise a headrest position;
- a hand hold bar positioned behind the first seating area, the hand hold bar being positioned vertically between the headrest position and the hip pivot axis of the passenger in the second seating area;
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- an upper frame, the upper frame comprising a front section, a center section, and a rear section, the front, center, and rear sections being coupled to each other and removably coupled to the frame.
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A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a frame extending in a generally longitudinal direction, the frame being comprised of a plurality of frame sections;
- a drive train supported by the frame, the drive train comprising an engine;
- a plurality of wheels operably coupled to the frame, the plurality of wheels comprising a first wheel and a second wheel;
- a first seating area positioned at a first longitudinal position, the first seating area being rearward of the first wheel and forward of the second wheel;
- a second seating area positioned at a second longitudinal position, the second seating area being rearward of said first seating area and being profiled such that an uppermost seating surface of the second seating area is higher than an uppermost seating surface of the first seating area and forward of the second wheel, rearmost edges of the seating surfaces in combination defining a plane extending therethrough, the plane extending above a top of the second wheel,
- wherein a bottom of the second seating area is entirely forward of the engine and the plane extends above a top of the engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.