Side-by-side vehicle
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1. A utility vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of ground-engaging members;
a frame supported by the ground-engaging members;
a drivetrain supported by the frame;
an operator'"'"'s area defined by side by side seats and operator controls;
a cab frame covering the operator'"'"'s area and defined by at least first and second front support portions, at least first and second rear support portions, and longitudinally extending sections coupling the front and rear support portions; and
the operator'"'"'s area having a driver seat having a driver restraint harness and a passenger seat having a passenger restraint harness, the driver seat and the passenger seat being in a side-by-side arrangement, the cab frame being configured to support the driver restraint harness for the driver seat and the passenger restraint harness for the passenger seat, the driver and passenger restraint harnesses each comprising a first coupling location, a second coupling location, a third coupling location, a fourth coupling location, and a latching mechanism, wherein a first shoulder belt retractor is coupled to the cab frame at the first coupling location of the driver restraint harness and a second shoulder belt retractor is coupled to the cab frame at the first coupling location of the passenger restraint harness, and the first and second shoulder belt retractors are rearward of a rear surface of a seat back of the respective driver and passenger seats, each of the first and second shoulder belt retractors being configured to adjust a length of a respective belt, and the third and fourth coupling locations for the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness are directly coupled to the frame and positioned vertically lower than the latching mechanism of the respective driver and passenger restraint harnesses and laterally outward from seat bottoms of the driver seat and the passenger seat, and wherein the third coupling location of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness includes a hip retractor coupled to the frame, and at least a portion of the hip retractor of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness being positioned above an upper surface of the respective seat bottom and at least a portion of the hip retractor of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness being positioned below the upper surface of the respective seat bottom.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces.
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27 Claims
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1. A utility vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of ground-engaging members; a frame supported by the ground-engaging members; a drivetrain supported by the frame; an operator'"'"'s area defined by side by side seats and operator controls; a cab frame covering the operator'"'"'s area and defined by at least first and second front support portions, at least first and second rear support portions, and longitudinally extending sections coupling the front and rear support portions; and the operator'"'"'s area having a driver seat having a driver restraint harness and a passenger seat having a passenger restraint harness, the driver seat and the passenger seat being in a side-by-side arrangement, the cab frame being configured to support the driver restraint harness for the driver seat and the passenger restraint harness for the passenger seat, the driver and passenger restraint harnesses each comprising a first coupling location, a second coupling location, a third coupling location, a fourth coupling location, and a latching mechanism, wherein a first shoulder belt retractor is coupled to the cab frame at the first coupling location of the driver restraint harness and a second shoulder belt retractor is coupled to the cab frame at the first coupling location of the passenger restraint harness, and the first and second shoulder belt retractors are rearward of a rear surface of a seat back of the respective driver and passenger seats, each of the first and second shoulder belt retractors being configured to adjust a length of a respective belt, and the third and fourth coupling locations for the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness are directly coupled to the frame and positioned vertically lower than the latching mechanism of the respective driver and passenger restraint harnesses and laterally outward from seat bottoms of the driver seat and the passenger seat, and wherein the third coupling location of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness includes a hip retractor coupled to the frame, and at least a portion of the hip retractor of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness being positioned above an upper surface of the respective seat bottom and at least a portion of the hip retractor of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness being positioned below the upper surface of the respective seat bottom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A utility vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of ground-engaging members; a frame supported by the ground-engaging members; a drivetrain supported by the frame; and an operator area having a seating portion supported by the frame and including a driver seat having a driver restraint harness and a longitudinal midline and a passenger seat having a passenger restraint harness and a longitudinal midline, the driver seat and the passenger seat being in a side-by-side arrangement, the frame being configured to support the driver restraint harness for the driver seat and the passenger restraint harness for the passenger seat, the driver restraint harness being coupled to the frame at a first left side coupling location and a second left side coupling location, wherein the first left side coupling location and the second left side coupling location are rearward of a rear surface of a seat back of the driver seat and below a top of the seat back of the driver seat, and the driver restraint harness being further coupled to the frame in at least one of a third left side coupling location, a fourth left side coupling location, a fifth left side coupling location, and a sixth left side coupling location, and the passenger restraint harness being coupled to the frame at a first right side coupling location and a second right side coupling location, wherein the first right side coupling location and the second right side coupling location are rearward of a rear surface of a seat back of the passenger seat and below a top of the seat back of the passenger seat, and the passenger restraint harness being further coupled to the frame in at least one of a third right side coupling location, a fourth right side coupling location, a fifth right side coupling location, and a sixth right side coupling location, the driver restraint harness including a first strap retractably coupled at the first left side coupling location and a second strap retractably coupled at the second left side coupling location and the passenger restraint harness including a first strap retractably coupled at the first right side coupling location and a second strap retractably coupled at the second right side coupling location, the first strap of both the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness being completely positioned to a first side of the longitudinal midline of the respective seat and the second strap of both the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness being completely positioned to a second side of the longitudinal midline of the respective seat, the second side of the longitudinal midline being opposite the first side of the longitudinal midline, and both straps of each restraint harness being configured to extend over an upward facing outermost surface of the seat back of the respective driver and passenger seats. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A utility vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of ground-engaging members; a frame supported by the ground-engaging members; a drivetrain supported by the frame; an operator'"'"'s area defined by a driver seat and operator controls; a cab frame covering the operator'"'"'s area and defined by at least first and second front support portions, at least first and second rear support portions, and longitudinally extending sections coupling the front and rear support portions; and the driver seat having a driver restraint harness, the cab frame being configured to support the driver restraint harness for the driver seat, the driver restraint harness comprising a first coupling location, a second coupling location, a third coupling location, a fourth coupling location, and a latching mechanism, wherein a first shoulder belt retractor is coupled to the cab frame at the first coupling location of the driver restraint harness, and the shoulder belt retractor is rearward of a rear surface of a seat back of the driver seat, the first shoulder belt retractor being configured to adjust a length of a belt, and the third and fourth coupling locations for the driver restraint harness are directly coupled to the frame and positioned vertically lower than the latching mechanism of the driver restraint harness and laterally outward from seat bottom of the driver seat, and wherein the third coupling location includes at least a portion positioned above an upper surface of the seat bottom and at least a portion positioned below the upper surface of the seat bottom. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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