Belly pan for four wheel all terrain vehicles

A removable belly pan for protecting the exposed undercarriage, chain guards, brake housings, and other vulnerable parts of a four wheel, all terrain vehicle from damaging impact with rocks, stumps, and other obstacles said belly pan comprising:

• an elongated body of flexible, reinforced, rubber-like, material substantially equal in length and width to the length and width of said exposed undercarriage and adapted to fit in the space between the front wheels and the rear wheels of said vehicle from the front to the back thereof;
• said body having a rearward portion of predetermined width, and of generally rectangular configuration, an intermediate portion of reduced width, formed by oppositely disposed cut-outs, each forming a space for the turning of one of said front wheels and a tapered forward portion adapted to be bent upwardly to form a front bumper on said undercarriage while forming a space for the turning of said front wheels;
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• said body including a pair of oppositely disposed, laterally projecting, integral flaps, at the base of said tapered portion, each for covering and protecting said undercarriage proximate one of said front wheels.