Patent ID: 7478817

Claim:
An all-terrain vehicle equipped for quick exchange of its functional components and aid units, which includes: a frame having a mounting platform which includes a plurality of spatially positioned open surfaces; a removable engine having a quick release connector adapted to connect said engine to a first part of said mounting platform; a removable drive shaft having a quick release connector adapted to connect said drive shaft to a second part of said mounting platform and in an operably connected manner to said engine; a removable transmission having a quick release connector adapted to connect said transmission to a third part of said mounting platform and in an operably connected manner to said drive shaft; at least two removable axles each having a quick release connector adapted to connect said axles to a respective fourth part and fifth part of said mounting platform and in an operably connected manner to said transmission; a plurality of wheels each having a quick release connector adapted to connect to one of said axles; and a steering mechanism having wheels with a quick release connector adapted to connect said steering mechanism to a sixth part of said mounting platform and in an operably connected manner to said wheels and said transmission.