Patent ID: 7874605

Claim:
A utility vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame including a left side portion and a right side portion; a front seat affixed to the vehicle body frame; a rear seat affixed to the vehicle body frame and arranged rearward of the front seat in a front/back direction of the vehicle; a rear roof support structure including a left pipe member and a right pipe member arranged to extend substantially vertically from the vehicle body frame and disposed, respectively, at the left side portion and the right side portion of the vehicle body frame rearward of the rear seat, at least lower portions of the left pipe member and the right pipe member being positioned lower than a seating surface of a seat cushion portion of the rear seat and angled so as to be positioned further rearward in the front/back direction of the vehicle as the lower portions extend upwardly; and a pair of rear wheels supported by the vehicle body frame and provided at a position below the seat cushion portion of the rear seat, front ends of the pair of rear wheels are arranged forwardly in the front/back direction of the vehicle of both a rear end of the rear roof support structure and a rear end of the rear seat; wherein a bottom end of the rear roof support structure is positioned forwardly of the front ends of the pair of rear wheels in the front/back direction of the vehicle.