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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2004
Steven R. Bataille, Edgefield, SC (US);
Douglas T. Crow, Martinez, GA (US);
David R. Hardy, Hephzibah, GA (US);
Gary L. Lewis, Evans, GA (US);
Paul E. Morgan, Appling, GA (US);
Peter A. Mulgrew, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Duane E. Newman, Evans, GA (US);
Gerald C. Skelton, Martinez, GA (US);
Geoff D. Stewart, Evans, GA (US);
Michael L. Welsh, Evans, GA (US);
Steven R. Bataille, Edgefield, SC (US);
Douglas T. Crow, Martinez, GA (US);
David R. Hardy, Hephzibah, GA (US);
Gary L. Lewis, Evans, GA (US);
Paul E. Morgan, Appling, GA (US);
Peter A. Mulgrew, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Duane E. Newman, Evans, GA (US);
Gerald C. Skelton, Martinez, GA (US);
Geoff D. Stewart, Evans, GA (US);
Michael L. Welsh, Evans, GA (US);
Club Car, Inc., Augusta, GA (US);
Abstract
A golf car () or utility vehicle having a composite body (). In some aspects of the invention, the golf car or utility vehicle has a composite body assembly that includes a front clam shell assembly () and a rear shell-like body (). In other aspects, the golf car or utility vehicle includes a composite body assembly having a periphery () and one or more decorative body panels (), the decorative body panels being recessed inwardly relative to the composite body assembly periphery to prevent impacts to the panels.