Utility vehicle

• US 8,690,217 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2011
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Teruaki, Takegami, Itsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pape, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/338,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20130168994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 296/26.01, 296/26.08, 296/26.11, 296/183.1, 296/186.4, 296/24.43, 296/65.09, 280/756, 280/748
• US Class Current: 296/24.43
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/01583 locking on transversal elements on the vehicle floor or rail, e.g. transversal rods
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3011 the back-rest being hinged on the cushion, e.g. "portefeuille movement"
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/305 the cushion being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/36 into a loading platform B60N2/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/803 fixed
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/423 from transport of persons to transport of goods
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/266 Rear seats, e.g. benches
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/026 Rigid partitions inside vehicles, e.g. between passengers and load compartments B60R21/12 takes 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 utility vehicle includes a rollover protective structure surrounding a riding space and a cargo bed provided behind a riding space. A rear seat is changeable between a seating position and a stowed position. The screen is supported pivotably about pivot point portions such that the screen is changeable between a first position in which the screen stands substantially upright at a location in a vicinity of the front end of the cargo bed in the non-expanded state of the cargo bed, and a second position in which the screen is inclined and extends from the pivot point portions toward the front side of the riding space.

Claims

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a rollover protective structure having an upper end and surrounding a riding space;

a front seat arranged in a front side of the riding space;

a rear seat arranged in the riding space behind the front seat;

a cargo bed provided behind the riding space, the cargo bed being changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into the riding space and a non-expanded state in which the cargo bed is not expanded in the riding space;

a screen arranged in a front end of the cargo bed; and

pivot point portions disclosed lower than the upper end of the rollover protective structure,

wherein the rear seat is changeable between a seating position and a stowed position, the seating position being for seating a rider on the rear seat, and the stowed position being a position in which the rear seat is moved toward the front seat in the expanded state of the cargo bed,

wherein the screen is supported pivotably about the pivot point portions such that the screen is changeable between a first position in which the screen stands substantially upright at a location in a vicinity of the front end of the cargo bed in the non-expanded state of the cargo bed, and a second position in which the screen is inclined and extends from the pivot point portions toward the front side of the riding space.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the rear seat includes a seat bottom,

wherein a lower end of the screen and a rear end of the seat bottom of the rear seat are pivotably coupled to each other in such a manner that the screen is moved from the first position to the second position in accordance with movement of the rear seat to the stowed position.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the screen includes a plurality of openings configured such that a rider in the riding space can see through the screen, each of the openings being elongated in an up and down direction.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the screen includes side wall parts,

wherein the side wall parts of the screen have guide grooves extending along a longitudinal direction of the screen,

wherein the guide grooves are engaged with the pivot point portions in such a manner that the screen is pivotable about the pivot point portions and movable in a longitudinal direction of the guide grooves, and

wherein the side wall parts have locking recess portions at ends of the guide grooves in the longitudinal direction of the guide grooves, and the locking recess portions engage with the pivot point portions to hinder movement of the screen in the longitudinal direction at the first position and the second position of the screen.

5. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the rear seat includes a backrest,

wherein a seat fixing anchor is provided in the cargo bed, and

wherein a hook to be engaged with the anchor so as to lock the backrest of the rear seat in a standing state is provided in the backrest.

6. The utility vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the anchor is formed into an inverted U shape or an L shape with which a rope for fixing a loading cargo is engageable.

7. The utility vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the screen includes side wall parts,

wherein the side wall parts of the screen have guide grooves extending along a longitudinal direction of the screen,

wherein the guide grooves are engaged with the pivot point portions in such a manner that the screen is pivotable about the pivot point portions and movable in a longitudinal direction of the guide grooves, and

wherein the side wall parts have locking recess portions at ends of the guide grooves in the longitudinal direction of the guide grooves, and the locking recess portions engage with the pivot point portions to hinder movement of the screen in the longitudinal direction at the first position and the second position of the screen.

8. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the rear seat includes a seat bottom,

wherein a lower end of the screen and a rear end of the seat bottom of the rear seat are pivotably coupled to each other in such a manner that the screen is moved from the first position to the second position in accordance with movement of the rear seat to the stowed position,

wherein the screen includes side wall parts,

wherein the side wall parts of the screen have guide grooves extending along a longitudinal direction of the screen,

wherein the guide grooves are engaged with the pivot point portions in such a manner that the screen is pivotable about the pivot point portions and movable in a longitudinal direction of the guide grooves, and

wherein the side wall parts have locking recess portions at ends of the guide grooves in the longitudinal direction of the guide grooves, and the locking recess portions engage with the pivot point portions to hinder movement of the screen in the longitudinal direction at the first position and the second position of the screen.