Removable vehicle seat cowl

• US 7,441,818 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2006
• Issued: 10/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Polaris Industries Incorporated (Polaris Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Polaris Industries Incorporated (Polaris Inc.)
• Inventors: Gray, Gary C, Koesters, Brian R
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Kiran B.
• Application Number:
  US11/635,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20070085366A1
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 293/128, 296/63, 296/65.03, 296/69, 296/78.1, 296/180.1, 296/85
• US Class Current: 293/128
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 1/20 Detachable covers; Detachable pads
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 17/00 Weather guards for riders; Fairings or stream-lining parts not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 17/04 Windscreens

Abstract

A removable vehicle component, such as a seat cowl, including a body configured to couple to a vehicle in a first position wherein the body covers a portion of a seat of the vehicle and in a second position, such as connected to the vehicle windshield, wherein the body does not cover the portion of the seat.

Claims

1. A removable vehicle component, including:

a body configured to couple to a vehicle in a first position wherein the body covers a portion of a seat of the vehicle, and the body being removable from the first position on the vehicle and being configured to couple to a second position on the vehicle wherein, when in the second position, the body does not cover the portion of the seat, and the portion of the seat is accessed for use.

2. The component of claim 1 wherein the portion of the seat is a rear platform configured to receive a passenger of the vehicle.

3. The component of claim 1 wherein the body includes a plurality of fasteners to couple the body to the vehicle.

4. The component of claim 3 wherein the fasteners extend from a lower surface of the body.

5. The component of claim 3 wherein each of the fasteners includes a substantially cylindrical prong that is received by one of a plurality of corresponding bores formed in the vehicle.

6. The component of claim 1 wherein the second position is adjacent a front surface of a windshield of the vehicle.

7. The component of claim 1 wherein the body forms a seat cowl that substantially conforms to contours of a rear fender of the vehicle when the body is in the first position.