Patent ID: 7093380

Claim:
An accessory for mounting on an all terrain vehicle, the vehicle having a frame, two front wheels and two rear wheels connected to the frame for supporting the frame in movement over the ground, an engine mounted on the frame generally between the front and rear wheels and along a center line of the vehicle, a belly pan attached to the frame and extending from a position underneath the engine forwardly to a front end of the vehicle for protecting the engine against impact damage and a hitch at the rear of the frame; the accessory comprising: a frame member which is shaped and arranged to extend longitudinally of the vehicle underneath the vehicle from a forward end of the frame member which is arranged to project forwardly from the front end of the vehicle to a rearward end of the frame member which is arranged to project rearwardly from the rear end of the vehicle; a working member attached at the forward end of the frame member so as to be at least partly supported thereby in front of the vehicle for operating in a working action in front of the vehicle; a hitch coupling, at the rearward end of the frame member for attachment to the hitch; a mounting plate for engaging the belly pan; a lifting arrangement attached to the frame member in front of the mounting plate and including coupling members thereon for engaging a fixed location on the vehicle at a position thereon at the front thereof and above the mounting plate and lifting elements for applying a pulling force from the coupling members to the frame member to pressure the mounting plate against the belly pan.