ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,464, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).
"Off-road vehicle" was invented by Lee M. Clark (Minneapolis), Owen J. Dickinson (Minneapolis), Aaron D. Deckard (Zionsville, Ind.) and Evan R. Wozniak (Coon Rapids, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle shown herein is a side by side utility vehicle having a skid plate positioned beneath a frame, wherein at least a portion of an edge of the skid plate extends upward above a lowermost portion of the frame. The vehicle may further or alternatively include a brake and steering mount coupled to the frame, at least one tie down integrated into the f...