Patent ID: 7647996

Claim:
An all-terrain vehicle comprising: a frame having a front portion, a rear portion, an 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 frame, the seat dimensioned to accommodate a driver thereon in a seating position forward of the rear wheel axis of the vehicle, and at least one rear platform extending over at least a portion of the rear wheel axis between the rear left wheel and the rear right wheel, the at least one rear platform being positioned on the ATV, at least in part, below the height of the rear wheels, the at least one rear platform defining a standing position behind the seating position.