Patent ID: 7028797
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tear-off debris guard for mitigating the passage of debris into an engine compartment of an all-terrain-vehicle having a frontal grill guard integrally equipped with a plurality of vent openings, said tear-off debris guard comprising, in combination: at least one protective screen having a geometric configuration proportionally equivalent to the collective area of the vent openings; a frame member fixedly attached along the perimeter of said at least one protective screen principally serving as means for reinforcing said at least one protective screen as it is releasably removed from the frontal grill guard; a tear-off tether fixedly attached to said frame member principally serving as means for handling and pealing away said frame member from the frontal grill guard; and means for attaching said frame member to the frontal grill guard.