Patent ID: 7258192

Claim:
A recreational utility vehicle (RUV) suitable for on-road and off-road multi-terrain use, said RUV comprising: a longitudinally elongated frame; front and rear suspensions coupled to and spaced longitudinally along said frame; a longitudinally elongated multi-place saddle seat assembly on said frame, said multi-place saddle seat assembly accommodating at least two riders in tandem, namely an operator driver and a passenger, said multi-place saddle seat assembly having first and second sections, wherein said first section seats the driver, and said second section is aft of said first section and seats the passenger; said frame being sufficiently longitudinally elongated to accommodate said multi-place saddle seat assembly and the at least two riders in tandem; front and rear pairs of laterally spaced wheels coupled to said front and rear suspensions, respectively, said front and rear pairs of wheels being spaced apart by a wheelbase, said wheelbase being sufficiently longitudinally elongated to accommodate said frame and said multi-place saddle seat assembly and the at least two riders in tandem; said front and rear suspensions being sufficiently sized and sprung to accommodate said wheelbase and said frame and said multi-place saddle seat assembly and the at least two riders in tandem; and a pair of elongated multi-place multi-planar foot board assemblies on said frame on laterally opposite sides of said multi-place saddle seat assembly, said multi-place multi-planar foot board assemblies having first and second pairs of foot rests at different levels, wherein said first pair of foot rests positions the feet of the driver, and said second pair of foot rests is aft of and higher than said first pair of foot rests and positions the feet of the passenger, wherein each of said second pair of foot rests comprises a pocket, each of said pockets locating respective toes of a respective one of the passenger's feet.