Patent ID: 7637338

Claim:
An all-terrain vehicle having a front end and a rear end, the all-terrain vehicle comprising: a frame having a front portion, a rear portion, a upper portion and a lower portion; an engine supported by the frame; a front left wheel and a front right wheel, each having a center, a line drawn through the centers of the front wheels defining a front wheel axis, each of the front left wheel and the front right wheel connected to the front portion of the frame via a front suspension; a rear left wheel and a rear right wheel each having a tire and a center, a line drawn through the centers of the rear wheels defining a rear wheel axis, each of the rear wheels connected to the rear portion of the frame via a rear suspension; each of the rear wheels having a height defined by a diameter of the wheels including its tire; at least one of the wheels being operatively connected to the engine; a steering assembly supported by the frame and operatively connected to the front left wheel and the front right wheel; a straddle seat disposed on the upper portion of the frame; a first passageway defined at least in part by a space between the seat and the rear left wheel; and a second passageway defined at least in part by a space between the seat and the rear right wheel, the first and second passageways providing access to the seat from a rear end of the all-terrain vehicle, the first and second passageways each having an open top extending at least from the rear end of the all-terrain vehicle to the seat in a longitudinal direction of the all-terrain vehicle.