ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE

• US 20070295546A1
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bombardier Recreational Products Incorporated (Bombardier Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Bombardier Recreational Products Incorporated (Bombardier Incorporated)
• Inventors: Belzile, David, CONSTANTINEAU, Simon, Maltais, Hugues, Gagnon, Claude
• Granted Patent: US 7,637,338 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/215
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 25/04 Floor-type foot rests
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 5/01 Motorcycles with four or more wheels specially adapted for disabled riders B62K5/003
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 7/04 having a carrying platform article-carrying accessories B62J7/00 - B62J11/00

Abstract

An all-terrain vehicle comprising a rear platform between the rear wheels providing standing room and access to the straddle seat of the all-terrain vehicle. The all-terrain vehicle may also featuring a rear passageway and a side passageway for the rider of the all-terrain vehicle to access to the straddle seat. The all-terrain vehicle also features rear wheel track which is smaller than the front wheel track.

Claims

1. An all-terrain vehicle having a front end and a rear end, the all-terrain vehicle comprising:

a frame having a front portion, a rear portion, a upper portion and a lower portion;

an engine supported by the frame;

a front left wheel and a front right wheel, each having a center, a line drawn through the centers of the front wheels defining a front wheel axis, each of the front left wheel and the front right wheel connected to the front portion of the frame via a front suspension;

a rear left wheel and a rear right wheel each having a tire and a center, a line drawn through the centers of the rear wheels defining a rear wheel axis, each of the rear wheels connected to the rear portion of the frame via a rear suspension;

each of the rear wheels having a height defined by a diameter of the wheels including its tire;

at least one of the wheels being operatively connected to the engine;

a steering assembly supported by the frame and operatively connected to the front left wheel and the front right wheel;

a straddle seat disposed on the upper portion of the frame;

a first passageway defined at least in part by a space between the seat and the rear left wheel;

a second passageway defined at least in part by a space between the seat and the rear right wheel;

the first and second passageways providing access to the seat from the rear end of the all-terrain vehicle.

2. An all-terrain vehicle as defined in claim 1, wherein the first and second passageways are further defined by at least one rear platform extending over at least a portion of the rear wheel axis between the rear left wheel and the rear right wheel.

3. An all-terrain vehicle as defined in claim 1, further comprising rear wheel fenders covering at least partially an inner side of each rear wheel to prevent contact between the feet of a rider and the rear wheels.

4. An all-terrain vehicle as defined in claim 1, wherein the rear wheels comprise narrow tires.

5. An all-terrain vehicle as defined in claim 2, wherein the at least one platform is interdependent with a rear axle of the vehicle.

6. An all-terrain vehicle having a front end and a rear end, the all-terrain vehicle comprising:

a frame having a front portion, a rear portion, a upper portion and a lower portion;

an engine supported by the frame;

a front left wheel and a front right wheel, each having a center, a line drawn through the centers of the front wheels defining a front wheel axis, each of the front left wheel and the front right wheel connected to the front portion of the frame via a front suspension;

a rear left wheel and a rear right wheel each having a tire and a center, a line drawn through the centers of the rear wheels defining a rear wheel axis, each of the rear wheels connected to the rear portion of the frame via a rear suspension;

each of the rear wheels having a height defined by a diameter of the wheels including its tire;

at least one of the wheels being operatively connected to the engine;

a steering assembly supported by the frame and operatively connected to the front left wheel and the front right wheel;

a straddle seat disposed on the upper portion of the frame;

a first passageway defined at least in part by a space between the rear left wheel and the rear right wheel;

a second passageway defined at least in part by a space between the frame, the right front wheel and the right rear wheel; and

a third passageway defined at least in part by a space between the frame, the left front wheel and the left rear wheel, the first, second and third passageways being continuous from a right side of the vehicle to a left side of the vehicle and being below the height of the rear wheels.