Utility vehicle

• US 8,556,324 B1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Teruaki, Takegami, Itsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pape, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): IVEY, DANA DESHAWN
• Application Number:
  US13/729,758
• Time in Patent Office: 291 Days
• Field of Search: 296/65.09, 296/26.11, 296/68.1, 280/801.1, 280/801.2
• US Class Current: 296/68.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02 the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable adjustable arm-rests B60N2/75; adjustable head-rests B60N2/806
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3031 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3065 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/023 Three-point seat belt systems comprising two side lower and one side upper anchoring devices B60R22/022, B60R22/03 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/18 Anchoring devices
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 21/183 specially adapted for sports vehicles, e.g. race, dune buggies, go-karts tubular skeleton B62D23/005
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 23/005 with integrated chassis in the whole shell, e.g. meshwork, tubes, or the like B62D33/044 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 utility vehicle according to the present invention includes a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, a screen, and seat belt systems, the cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state and a non-expanded state, the screen has a movable mount in a lower end, the screen is movable between a first position and a second position, each of the seat belt systems has a three-point seat belt structure, a bottom anchor, a retractor, and a buckle are provided in the movable mount, and a top anchor is provided in the screen.

Claims

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a front seat;

a rear seat;

a cargo bed;

a screen for partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space on the front side of the cargo bed; and

seat belt systems for passengers,

the cargo bed being changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into an area of the rear seat and a non-expanded state in which the cargo bed is not expanded in the area of the rear seat, wherein

a movable mount is secured to a lower end of the screen,

the screen is movable between a first position corresponding to a front end of the cargo bed in the expanded state and a second position corresponding to the front end of the cargo bed in the non-expanded state in the front and rear direction together with the movable mount,

each of the seat belt systems has a three-point seat belt structure,

a bottom anchor and a retractor for supporting both ends of a webbing of the seat belt system for the rear seat, and a buckle are provided in the movable mount, and

a top anchor for supporting the middle of the webbing on the upper side of a back rest of the rear seat is provided in the screen.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, comprising:

a lock device capable of fixing the screen and the movable mount at the first position and the second position, respectively.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the back rest for the rear seat is attached to the screen.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a front end of a seat bottom of the rear seat is pivotably supported by a vehicle body frame member, and the seat bottom is accommodated on the front side of the first position of the screen at the time of expansion of the cargo bed.