Utility vehicle

• US 8,672,387 B1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Issued: 03/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors Ltd (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Kaku, Hidetoshi, Tsumiyama, Yoshinori, Furman, Tyler
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Kiran B
• Application Number:
  US13/729,932
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.6, 296/37.1, 296/183.1, 296/26.09, 296/37.8, 296/100.18, 296/3, 320/109, 180/65.29, 224/404, 224/281, 224/403, 224/542
• US Class Current: 296/65.05
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/02 in separate luggage compartment B60R7/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/04 in driver or passenger space , e.g. using racks B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence

Abstract

A utility vehicle according to the present invention includes a chassis, a ROPS surrounding a space on the chassis, a seat or a seat row arranged in the space, a cargo bed provided in a rear part of the chassis, and one or more resin storage boxes provided between the seat or the seat row and the cargo bed in the front and rear direction in the space, the storage boxes being integrated with parts of vehicle-side covers covering side parts of the space.

Claims

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a chassis;

a ROPS surrounding a space on the chassis;

a seat or a seat row arranged in the space;

a cargo bed provided in a rear part of the chassis; and

one or more resin storage boxes provided between the seat or the seat row and the cargo bed in the front and rear direction in the space, the storage boxes being integrated with parts of vehicle-side covers covering side parts of the space.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the storage boxes include a right storage box and a left storage box,

a right wall of the right storage box forms a part of the right vehicle-side cover, and

a left wall of the left storage box forms a part of the left vehicle-side cover.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 2, wherein a tray for disposing a cooler box is provided between the left and right storage boxes.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the tray is provided with a hook onto which a rubber or a string for fixing the cooler box is caught.

5. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein an opening narrower than a trunk part of the storage box is formed in a head of each of the storage boxes.

6. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

each of the storage boxes has a lid in the head opening, and

the lid is formed in such a manner that a rear end of the lid is opened and closed taking a front end hinge portion of the lid as a pivot center.

7. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the storage boxes are formed to be higher than a floor surface of the cargo bed.

8. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein height of the storage boxes is the same as or lower than a bottom surface of the cargo bed.