Patent ID: 7743864

Claim:
A multi-purpose vehicle, comprising: a frame; a suspension secured to the frame; four wheels secured to the suspension; handle bars for steering the vehicle; a straddle mount seat secured to the frame, the seat having seating positions for a driver and a passenger of the vehicle, the position for the passenger being located rearward and significantly above the seating position for the driver; rear wheel fenders spaced apart from the rear two wheels, each rear wheel fender having a substantially planar portion located at least as far forward as an approximate longitudinal mid-region of the passenger seating position; a cargo rack secured to the vehicle rearward of the seating position for the driver, the cargo rack having left and right handles removably coupled to the vehicle, the handles extending upwardly from a portion of a rack main deck below the passenger seating position and being positioned vertically adjacent to upwardly facing surfaces defining the substantially planar portions of rear wheel fenders and the handles being at least as far forward as the approximate longitudinal mid-region of the passenger seating position, each handle having a grippable portion positioned laterally adjacent to the seating position for the passenger and vertically above the seating position for the driver, substantially inboard of the outer sides of the rear wheel fenders, and a pair of footrests for the driver and a separate pair of footrests for the passenger, wherein the footrests for the passenger are raised with respect to the footrests for the driver.