Patent ID: 7871106

Claim:
A vehicle for use with a harness to support the vehicle when the vehicle is in the air, the vehicle comprising: a plurality of ground engaging members; a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members; an engine supported by the frame and operatively coupled to at least a portion of the plurality of ground engaging members; an operator area supported by the frame, the operator area including seating for at least two occupants in a side-by-side arrangement, steering controls operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of ground engagement members, and engine controls operatively coupled to the engine; and a roll cage supported by the frame, the roll cage having a raised position wherein the roll cage is positioned to protect the operator area and a lowered position, the seating remaining stationary as the roll cage is moved between the raised position and the lowered position and the steering controls and engine controls being accessible by an occupant when the roll cage is in the lowered position, wherein the roll cage includes a pair of four bar linkages supporting opposite ends of an upper frame member which extends over the operator area and at least one of the four bar linkages is rotatably coupled to an input link which is slideably coupled to the frame at a first end of the input link, the input link being translated to rotate the at least one of the four bar linkages to lower the upper frame member resulting in the roll cage being in the lowered position.