Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed
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1. A pick-up style utility vehicle comprising:
- a front seat;
a rear seat; and
a cargo bed in this order from a front of the vehicle;
wherein;
the cargo bed has at least left and right stationary side panels and expandable side panels extended forward from front ends of the stationary side panels, and the cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space;
the expandable side panels are rotatable forward and rearward about rotational shafts that extend in a vehicle width direction so that the expandable side panels are shiftable between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state;
the pick-up style utility vehicle further comprises a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and the rear riding space; and
the expandable side panels are coupled to the screen shield, and the screen shield is shifted in a substantially vertical state between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state upon rotation of the expandable side panels forward and rearward.
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Abstract
A pick-up style utility vehicle has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from a front of the vehicle. The cargo bed has at least left and right stationary side panels and expandable side panels that extend forward from the front ends of the stationary side panels. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The expandable side panels are rotatable about rotational shafts forward and rearward in a vehicle width direction so as to be shiftable between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state.
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1. A pick-up style utility vehicle comprising:
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a front seat; a rear seat; and a cargo bed in this order from a front of the vehicle;
wherein;the cargo bed has at least left and right stationary side panels and expandable side panels extended forward from front ends of the stationary side panels, and the cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space; the expandable side panels are rotatable forward and rearward about rotational shafts that extend in a vehicle width direction so that the expandable side panels are shiftable between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state; the pick-up style utility vehicle further comprises a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and the rear riding space; and the expandable side panels are coupled to the screen shield, and the screen shield is shifted in a substantially vertical state between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state upon rotation of the expandable side panels forward and rearward. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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Current AssigneeKawasaki Motors
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Original AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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InventorsNishikawa, Yoshitaka, Shirai, Tetsuaki, Sumi, Kenichi
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Primary Examiner(s)Morrow, Jason S
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Application NumberUS12/648,583Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,043 DaysField of Search296/165, 296/171, 296/175, 296/24.3, 296/24.33, 296/24.4, 296/24.43, 296/26.08, 296/62.09, 296/26.1, 296/26.11, 296/183.1, 296/183.2, 296/190.03, 296/191, 296/37.6, 296/64, 296/65.01, 296/66, 296/65.09, 296/26.09, 280/756, 280/749US Class Current296/24.43CPC Class CodesB60N 2/24 for particular purposes or ...B60N 2/36 into a loading platform B60...B60P 3/423 from transport of persons t...B62D 33/08 comprising adjustable means...B62D 47/003 convertible in order to mod...
