ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. D1,138,885, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Utility vehicle body" was invented by Shawn D. Peterson (East Bethel, Minn.), Anna C. Abbott (Long Lake, Minn.), Matthew R. Mukomela (Long Lake, Minn.), Alex F. Kass (North Branch, Minn.), Garth H. Bracy (Robbinsdale, Minn.), Ryan J. Andreae (Montrose, Minn.), Ian M. Dunn (Chanhassen, Minn.), Akshay A. Biyani (Minnetonka, Minn.), Corrie Roytek (Osceola, Wis.), Jeffrey J. Schwichtenberg (St. Paul, Minn.), Grant Schoen (St. Paul, Minn.), Macabe C. Brand (Ham Lake, Minn.), Wade L. Roberts (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Dean R. Fremling (Delano, Minn.) and Sudheer Gaduparthi (Cuddapah, India).

The patent was file...