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US 7,516,998 B1Granted
Seat conversion vehicle
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsNorman O. Berg, Robert C. Aronson, Levi J. McCarroll, Lance L. Anderson
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention include a vehicle having a chassis and an engine supported by the chassis, the engine coupled to a drive train useful for propelling the vehicle. The vehicle may be convertible between a first seating configuration having a first seat disposed generally along the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle and a second seating configuration having a lateral seat disposed laterally of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle.
Claims23
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis and an engine supported by the chassis, the engine coupled to a drive train useful for propelling the vehicle, the vehicle being convertible between;
- a first seating configuration having a first seat disposed generally along the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle, the first seat having a width;
- and
- a second seating configuration having a second seat disposed laterally of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle and a third seat disposed laterally of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle, the second seat being separated from the third seat by a distance that is less than the width of the first seat, wherein at least a portion of the first seat is positioned directly above the second seat and the third seat.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis and an engine supported by the chassis, the engine coupled to a drive train useful for propelling the vehicle;
- a displaceable first seat disposed generally along the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle;
- and
- at least one lateral seat configurable between an open state and a closed state, the lateral seat having a seat bottom and a seat back with a front side and a back side opposite the front side, the front side of the seat back being positioned adjacent to a rider's back in the open state and the back side of the seat back being positioned adjacent to a rider's thigh in the closed state, wherein the back side of the seat back includes a fender portion.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- an engine supported by the chassis;
- a drive train coupled to the engine to propel the vehicle;
- a displaceable first seat positioned generally along a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle;
- and
- a second seat configurable between an open state and a closed state and positioned laterally of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle, at least a portion of the first and second seats being longitudinally aligned, and at least one of the first and second seats being the forward-most seat of the vehicle, wherein the first seat is a straddle-type seat and the second seat is a bucket-type seat.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- an engine supported by the chassis;
- a drive train coupled to the engine to propel the vehicle;
- a displaceable first seat positioned generally along a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle;
- a second seat configurable between an open state and a closed state and positioned laterally of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle, at least a portion of the first and second seats being longitudinally aligned, and at least one of the first and second seats being the forward-most seat of the vehicle;
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- a third seat disposed laterally of the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle, the third seat being configurable between an open state and a closed state, the first seat at least partially overlapping the second seat in the closed state and the third seat in the closed state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.