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ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE

  • US 3,809,004 A
  • Filed: 09/18/1972
  • Issued: 05/07/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An all terrain vehicle comprising a body having a bottom wall and side walls extending upward the the edges of the bottom wall to form an upward concave impervious body cavity, portions of said side walls adjacent said bottom wall defining laterally opposed openings therethrough, first and second drive shafts transpiercing said openings and being journalled for rotation relative said body, first and second means for sealing said shafts at said openings so as to prevent fluid passage therethrough, each said shaft having an inner end within the body cavity and an outer end exterior thereof, means within said body cavity for rotatively driving said shafts, first and second traction members on the outer ends of respective shafts for engagement with the terrain on which the vehicle operates, at least one arm having a first end pivotally mounted on the outer end of said shaft and a second end remote from said first end, a traction member journalled for rotation at the second end of said arm, means associated with said arm for establishing a driving connection between the outer end of said shaft and last said traction member, means for resiliently biasing said arm relative said body toward the terrain on which the vehicle operates;

  • a stabilizer bar having an outer end joined to said arm at a point adjacent the second end thereof, said stabilizer bar having an inner end remote from said outer end, and means for pivotally connecting said inner end to said bottom wall for pivotally connecting said inner end to said bottom wall for pivotal movement about an axis parallel to and in substantial vertical alignment with said drive shafts; and

    , a portion of said bottom wall defining a downward concave slot, said slot extending from said pivotal connecting means to the edge of said body adjacent said point so that said stabilizer bar can enter said slot.

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