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US 9,776,481 B2Granted
Side-by-side vehicle
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsAaron D. Deckard, Andy T. Ives, Austin L. Houkom, Shawn D. Peterson, Gordon J. Steinmetz, Daniel L. Goffman
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Abstract
The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces.
Claims16
A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of ground engaging members;
- a frame supported by the ground engaging members and including a lower frame portion and a cab frame coupled to the lower frame portion to define an operator area;
- a seating area supported within the operator area and including a driver seat and a passenger seat in a side-by-side arrangement;
- a first opening adjacent the driver seat and defined between the lower frame portion and the cab frame for ingress and egress from the operator area;
- a second opening adjacent the passenger seat and defined between the lower frame portion and the cab frame for ingress and egress from the operator area;
- a first frame member extending into the first opening and removably coupled to at least one of the lower frame portion and the cab frame;
- a second frame member extending into the second opening and removably coupled to at least one of the lower frame portion and the cab frame;
- wherein the first opening is configured to receive one of a first door assembly extending across at least a portion of the first opening and a second door assembly extending across at least the portion of the first opening, wherein the first door assembly is configured to be coupled to the first frame member when the first frame member is coupled to at least one of the lower frame portion and the cab frame, and the second door assembly is configured to be coupled to at least one of the lower frame portion and the cab frame when the first frame member is removed from the utility vehicle;
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- the second opening is configured to receive one of a third door assembly extending across at least a portion of the second opening and a fourth door assembly extending across at least the portion of the second opening, wherein the third door assembly is configured to be coupled to the second frame member when the second frame member is coupled to at least one of the lower frame portion and the cab frame, and the fourth door assembly is configured to be coupled to at least one of the lower frame portion and the cab frame when the second frame member is removed from the utility vehicle.
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A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of ground engaging members;
- a frame supported by the ground engaging members and including a lower frame portion and a cab frame coupled to the lower frame portion to define an operator area;
- a seating area supported within the operator area and including a driver seat and a passenger seat in a side-by-side arrangement, and each of the driver seat and the passenger seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back;
- a first opening adjacent the driver seat and defined between the lower frame portion and the cab frame for ingress and egress from the operator area;
- a second opening adjacent the passenger seat and defined between the lower frame portion and the cab frame for ingress and egress from the operator area;
- a first door extending across at least a portion of the first opening and being configured to rotate between a closed position and an open position where the open position permits ingress to and egress from the seating area, a rear end of the first door being positioned laterally outward of and adjacent a portion of the seat back of the driver seat, and the first door being coupled to the frame;
- a second door extending across at least a portion of the second opening and being configured to rotate between a closed position and an open position where the open position permits ingress to and egress from the seating area, a rear end of the second door being positioned laterally outward of and adjacent a portion of the seat back of the passenger seat, and the second door being coupled to the frame;
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- the first and second doors each including a stop surface configured to contact an outer surface of the door to maintain the door from passing a predetermined location when in the open position, and each of the first and second doors being bowed outwardly and away from the seats to increase the room in the seating area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.