Patent ID: 9061569
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B60J,B60R

Abstract:
1. A door for a recreational off-highway vehicle having a chassis with a step-through door opening, the vehicle being configured to carry occupants on seats in a side-by-side configuration, the seats having upwardly facing lower seat support surfaces and seat backs, the seat backs having a shoulder region approximately 17 inches above the upwardly facing surface of the lower seat support surfaces, the door comprising: a forward end and a rearward end; a hinge secured directly to the chassis of the vehicle and positioned between the rearward end of the door and a rearward side of the step-through door opening of the chassis of the vehicle, wherein the hinge has a pivot axis that slopes rearwardly such that the door is held open by gravity; a shoulder retention portion slightly forward of and laterally outboard of the shoulder region of the seat back; a forward portion extending forwardly and downwardly from the shoulder retention portion to a vertical height below the shoulder region of the seat back.