UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle) split front windshield
United States Patent 8936296
Abstract:
A two-piece front windshield for a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) has a lower section of the windshield having a forward lip at its upper edge. The lower windshield is attached to the front of the vehicle roll cage frame. A removable upper section of the windshield is attached to the front of the vehicle roll cage frame above the lower windshield supported by the forward lip and held in place by a quick disconnect clamp system with the ability to be quickly removed and repositioned into a rear storage channel behind the vehicle seats to be used as a rear window. The upper section of the windshield can be placed back into the front windshield position at anytime.
Inventors:
Fedders, Kenneth Oliver (Eagle, ID, US)
Application Number:
14/053785
Publication Date:
01/20/2015
Filing Date:
10/15/2013
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
FEDDERS KENNETH OLIVER
Primary Class:
296/85
Other Classes:
296/86,
296/190.1
International Classes:
B60J1/06; B60J1/02; B60J1/18
Field of Search:
296/85, 296/86, 296/87, 296/88, 296/96.2, 296/79, 296/107.07, 296/190.1, 280/756
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US Patent References:
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7828359 Detachable split windshield 2010-11-09 Caprio
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7380860 Windshield fastening device 2008-06-03 Dolan 296/86
20080106115 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE TOP AND DOORS ASSEMBLY 2008-05-08 Hughes 296/102
7044530 Windshield assembly 2006-05-16 Hahne
7007999 Utility vehicle windscreen system 2006-03-07 Schneller 296/90
6786526 Windshield for all-terrain vehicle 2004-09-07 Blalock
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6257653 Wind baffle attachable to seats using straps 2001-07-10 Swersky 296/180.1
5385380 Split windshield assembly for recreation vehicle 1995-01-31 Heavner
2462976 Hose clamp 1949-03-01 King 24/276
Primary Examiner:
Morrow, Jason S.
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Your Intellectual Property Matters, LLC
Frohwerk, Robert A.
Parent Case Data:
RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 61/795,307 filed on Oct. 15, 2012 and entitled “UTV vehicle 2 piece front windshield with the upper section of the windshield being removable and then placed into a storage channel behind the vehicle occupants to then be used as a rear window. The said upper section of the windshield can be placed back into the front windshield position at anytime.”
Claims:
I claim a utility terrain vehicle removable windshield assembly comprising of:
1. A split windshield assembly, comprising: a lower windshield subassembly; a removable upper windshield subassembly; and a storage channel, wherein the lower windshield subassembly comprises a lower windshield, a lower windshield clamp assembly, and an upper windshield support, and wherein the upper windshield subassembly comprises an upper windshield, and a quick disconnect upper windshield clamp assembly, and wherein the upper windshield is supported by the upper windshield support when used at a front of a vehicle, and the upper windshield is supported by the storage channel when used at a rear of the vehicle.
2. The split windshield assembly of claim 1, wherein the lower windshield comprises a forward lip at a top edge of the lower windshield.
3. The split windshield assembly of claim 2, wherein the forward lip extends a full width of the lower windshield, has a width of approximately 1 inch, and is angled toward the front of the vehicle at about 45 degrees from the lower windshield.
4. The split windshield assembly of claim 2, wherein the upper windshield support is attached near a middle of the forward lip.
5. The split windshield assembly of claim 1, wherein the lower windshield subassembly further comprises a seal.
6. The split windshield assembly of claim 5, wherein the seal comprises a compliant material between a bottom edge of the lower windshield and a hood of the vehicle.
7. The split windshield assembly of claim 1, wherein the lower windshield clamp assembly attaches the lower windshield to a vertical roll cage bar at the front of the vehicle.
8. The split windshield assembly of claim 7, wherein the lower windshield clamp assembly provides a semi-permanent attachment of the lower windshield to the vertical roll cage bar at the front of the vehicle.
9. The split windshield assembly of claim 1, wherein the storage channel is clamped at its ends to vertical roll cage bars at the rear of the vehicle.
10. The split windshield assembly of claim 9, wherein the upper windshield is further supported by clamps between an upper edge of the upper windshield and a horizontal roll cage bar when supported by the storage channel at the rear of the vehicle.
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