Work vehicle

• US 9,216,777 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2013
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kubota Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kubota Corporation
• Inventors: Nakamura, Norimi, Shimamura, Teruo, Nakamura, Taro, Nakaji, Masaru, Kobayashi, Mitsugu, Imanishi, Ryouzou, Hirooka, Yoshimi, Fujiwara, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Dayoan, Glenn
• Assistant Examiner(s): Westbrook, Sunsurraye
• Application Number:
  US14/027,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20140034409A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 298/17.R, 298/1.A, 298/17.T, 280/781, 410/77, 296/190.04, 296/183.2, 296/226.11, 296/65.09, 296/183.1, 180/291
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 5/00 Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/423 from transport of persons to transport of goods
• 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 21/186 for building site vehicles or multi-purpose tractors tracked vehicles B62D55/10; tractors in general B62D49/00; building site vehicles in general E02F; lift-trucks B66F
• 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 33/02 Platforms; Open load compartments flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/037 Latching means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/0625 open

Abstract

A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat section and a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section. A storage space is disposed rearwardly of the seat section and downwardly of the load-carrying platform, the storage space extending in a lateral width direction of the vehicle body, and the storage space opening toward a lateral side of the vehicle body.

Claims

1. A work vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body;

a seat section;

a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section, the load-carrying platform having a bottom portion;

a storage space disposed rearwardly of the seat section and immediately under the bottom portion of the load-carrying platform, the storage space extending in a lateral width direction of the vehicle body, and the storage space opening toward a lateral side of the vehicle body;

an engine; and

a speed changer receiving power from the engine;

wherein the engine and the speed changer are disposed rearwardly of the storage space.

2. The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the load-carrying platform is changeable between a first posture in which the load-carrying platform lies upwardly of the storage space, and a second posture in which the storage space opens upward.

3. The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a container box is provided within the storage space.

4. The work vehicle according to claim 2, wherein a container box is provided within the storage space.

5. The work vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the container box is changeable between a first state in which an upper end of the container box lies at a lower level than a lower end of the load-carrying platform, and a second state in which the upper end of the container box lies at a higher level than the lower end of the load-carrying platform.

6. The work vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the container box is configured to be opened between and across a lateral outer side portion in the lateral width direction and an upper side portion.

7. The work vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the storage space extends an entire width of the vehicle body.