VEHICLE

• US 20130169019A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Hisada, Kazumasa, Yamamoto, Teruaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,955,909 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/440.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/643 shape of the back-rests B60N2/66 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/646 shape of the cushion
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7005 detachable

Abstract

A vehicle according to the present invention has a seat on which a passenger sits, wherein the seat is bench-shaped and has a sitting portion, a backrest portion, and a supporting portion which supports the sitting portion and the backrest portion, wherein at least one of the sitting portion and the backrest portion is detachable from the supporting portion, wherein when the sitting portion is detachable, the sitting portion has a plurality of sitting regions which are arranged side by side in the right-left direction and have different thicknesses in the up-down direction, wherein when the backrest portion is detachable, the backrest portion has a plurality of backrest regions which are arranged side by side in the right-left direction and have different thicknesses in the front-rear direction.

Claims

1. A vehicle having a seat on which a passenger sits,

wherein the seat is bench-shaped and has a sitting portion, a backrest portion, and a supporting portion which supports the sitting portion and the backrest portion,

wherein at least one of the sitting portion and the backrest portion is detachable from the supporting portion,

wherein when the sitting portion is detachable, the sitting portion has a plurality of sitting regions which are arranged side by side in the right-left direction and have different thicknesses in the up-down direction,

wherein when the backrest portion is detachable, the backrest portion has a plurality of backrest regions which are arranged side by side in the right-left direction and have different thicknesses in the front-rear direction.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein when the sitting portion is detachable, the sitting portion can be attached to the supporting portion so as to be reversed in the right-left direction while being maintained in the up-down direction,

wherein when the backrest portion is detachable, the backrest portion can be attached to the supporting portion so as to be reversed in the right-left direction while being maintained in the front-rear direction.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2,

wherein the detachable sitting portion has three sitting regions,

wherein the thickness of the sitting region in the middle portion in the right-left direction is formed to be larger than the thicknesses of other sitting regions,

wherein the thickness of the sitting region at one end in the right-left direction is formed to be larger than the thickness of the sitting region at the other end in the right-left direction.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2,

wherein the detachable backrest portion has three backrest regions,

wherein the thickness of the backrest region in the middle portion in the right-left direction is formed to be larger than the thicknesses of other backrest regions,

wherein the thickness of the backrest region at one end in the right-left direction is formed to be larger than the thickness of the backrest region at the other end in the right-left direction.

5. The vehicle according to claim 2,

wherein the detachable backrest portion is formed so that the thickness of the backrest portion is different in the up-down direction.