Patent ID: 8075007

Claim:
An all-terrain vehicle including: a frame including longitudinally spaced-apart ends defining a vehicle longitudinal axis; a pair of front wheels operably coupled to the frame, each of the front wheels defining a front wheel center axis, a front track width being defined laterally between the front wheel center axes and each front wheel rotates about a rotational axis; a pair of rear wheels operably coupled to the frame, each of the rear wheels defining a rear wheel center axis, a rear track width being defined laterally between the rear wheel center axes; an engine supported by the frame and operably coupled to at least one of the wheels; a front suspension including right and left lower control arms, each lower control arm having an inner pivot coupling operably coupled to the frame and an outer pivot coupling operably coupled to one of the front wheels, each lower control arm having a control arm length between the inner pivot coupling and the outer pivot coupling, the sum of the control arm lengths of the right and left lower control arms defining a combined control arm length; the front suspension further includes right and left upper control arms, each upper control arm having an inner pivot coupling operably coupled to the frame and an outer pivot coupling operably coupled to one of the front wheels; and wherein the ratio of the combined control arm length to the front track width is at least about 0.84 and the outer pivot couplings of each pair of upper and lower control arms define a king pin axis offset from the front wheel axis, measured along the rotational axis, by less than 30 millimeters.