US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on July 15 for "Off road vehicle" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,367, issued on July 15, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Off road vehicle" was invented by Brian Harris (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Todd MacDonald (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Cody Kallock (Oslo, Minn.), Derek Sorenson (Thief River Falls, Minn.) and Dustin Keller (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An off-road vehicle includes a frame, a front suspension, and a rear suspension. In some examples of the off-road vehicle, the rear suspension includes trailing arms with are pivotally attached to the frame rearward of an operator area. Further, the frame can include a front subframe assembly...