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Vehicles having utility dump bed and folding seat assembly

  • US 8,002,331 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2008
  • Issued: 08/23/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • a frame;

    a utility bed attached to the frame and moveable with respect to the frame between a hauling position and a dumping position, the utility bed comprising a bed floor and a cargo lid, the bed floor defining an aperture;

    a folding seat assembly moveable between an erected position and a collapsed position; and

    an interlock arrangement;

    wherein the cargo lid is movable between;

    a closed position in which the cargo lid at least substantially covers the aperture; and

    an opened position in which the cargo lid facilitates selective passage of at least a portion of the folding seat assembly into the aperture when both the utility bed is in the hauling position and the folding seat assembly is in the erected position; and

    wherein the interlock arrangement is configured to prevent movement of the utility bed from the hauling position to the dumping position when the folding seat assembly is in the erected position.

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