Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed

• US 8,328,266 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Yasui, Hidekazu, Oda, Kenji, Kawabata, Takao, Tanaka, Masaki, Ihara, Eiji, Morira, Hirokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Dayoan, Glenn
• Assistant Examiner(s): BLACK, MELISSA ANN
• Application Number:
  US12/648,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20110156420A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• Field of Search: 296/65.01, 296/65.05, 296/26.1, 296/65.09, 296/186.4, 296/26.08, 296/26.09, 296/186.3, 296/186.5, 296/183.1
• US Class Current: 296/65.01
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/08 characterised by the locking device
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/30 Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3011 the back-rest being hinged on the cushion, e.g. "portefeuille movement"
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3013 the back-rest being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3031 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/305 the cushion being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3065 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/309 rods
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3093 slides
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3095 Auxiliary rear seats accessible from outside the vehicle when in an in-use position
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3097 Dismountable seats storable in a non-use position B60N2/015, B60N2/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/36 into a loading platform B60N2/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7011 of substantially two-dimensional shape, e.g. hammock-like, plastic shells, fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2205/30 Seat or seat parts characterised by comprising plural parts or pieces
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0083 Pick-up trucks; Light trucks; Sport utility vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/02 Occupant safety arrangements or fittings , e.g. crash pads seat belts with crash pads B60R22/14; removable children's seats having a front guard or barrier B60N2/2839
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/026 Rigid partitions inside vehicles, e.g. between passengers and load compartments B60R21/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/06 Safety nets, transparent sheets, curtains, or the like, e.g. between occupants and glass B60R21/026 , B60R21/11, B60R21/12, B60R21/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/0273 Movable tailboards for vehicles comprising non-movable sideboards, e.g. pick-up trucks B62D33/037 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 47/003 convertible in order to modify the number of seats foldable compact cars B62D31/006; convertible from one use to a different one B60P3/42

Abstract

A pick-up style utility vehicle has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed. The cargo bed is expandable forward and has a screen shield for partitioning at a front end thereof. The rear seat has a seat bottom for the rear seat detachably attached to a rear seat attaching portion provided on a vehicle body. The screen shield has a seat holding portion to which the seat bottom, detached from the rear seat attaching portion, is attachable.

Claims

1. A pick-up style utility vehicle comprising:

a front seat;

a rear seat; and

a cargo bed;

wherein;

the cargo bed is expandable forward and has a screen shield for partitioning at a front end thereof;

the rear seat is attached to a seat attaching plate;

the seat attaching plate is rotatably supported by a vehicle body between a fallen position and an erected position about a rotational shaft in a vehicle width direction and has a pair of toggle clamps positioned so as to be spaced in a vehicle width direction;

each of the toggle clamps has a clamp lever rotatably provided on the seat attaching plate, and a wire ring coupled to the clamp lever;

the bottom surface of the seat bottom has at least two hook portion rows each of which has a plurality of hook portions arranged so as to be spaced in a front-rear direction and the at least two hook portion rows are spaced in a vehicle width direction; and

the wire ring of each of the toggle clamps selectively engages the hook portions of one of the hook portion rows so that, upon rotation of the clamp levers, the seat bottom is fixed to the seat attaching plate and thereby the position of the seat bottom relative to the seat attaching plate is changeable forward and rearward.