Patent ID: 7921942

Claim:
An all terrain vehicle having at least three wheel and axle assemblies on each side and a pair of ground engaging continuous tracks, said vehicle comprising: (a) a body; (b) said wheel and axle assemblies arranged in a parallel and spaced apart alignment and each including; (1) an axle shaft rotatably supported by and positioned transverse to said body so that said wheel and axle assemblies form a front assembly, a rear assembly and at least one middle assembly that are each supported by a bearing in said body; (2) an axle hub plate disposed on a free end of each of said axle shafts; (3) an axle extension mounted on each of said hub plates; and (4) a wheel secured on each of said axle extensions and a tire mounted on each of said wheels; (c) said axle extensions of said at least one middle assembly are idler extensions to permit the wheels to move in a free wheeling mode relative to the middle assembly; and (d) each of said tracks is mounted on opposite sides of said vehicle trained about said tires.