PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED

• US 20110156424A1
• Filed: 12/30/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Nozaki, Koji, Hisamori, Takafumi, Watanabe, Yoshihiro, Orihashi, Yoshihiko, Sasaki, Yohei, Masuda, Naohisa, Kawahara, Masahiro, Sakata, Masashi, Morita, Hirokazu
• Granted Patent: US 8,303,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3018 about vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3022 along longitudinal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3027 along vertical axis
• 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 2/3056 along longitunal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3065 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3093 slides
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/36 into a loading platform B60N2/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/363 characterised by provisions for enhancing the cargo floor surface, e.g. elements closing gaps or enlarging the back-rest surface
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 3/423 from transport of persons to transport of goods
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 5/042 to create an enclosed luggage compartment of increased capacity, e.g. with ventilation apertures for transporting dogs
• 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 33/08 comprising adjustable means B62D33/10 takes precedence

Abstract

A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. A backrest for the rear seat is attached to the screen shield. The screen shield can be shifted between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state when a seat bottom and the backrest of the rear seat are changed between a retracted state in which the seat bottom and the backrest are erected on the same straight line and a seatable used state.

Claims

1. A pick-up style utility vehicle comprising:

a front seat;

a rear seat; and

a cargo bed in this order from front;

a cabin frame surrounding a riding space; and

a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed, wherein

the cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space,

a backrest for the rear seat is attached to the screen shield, and

the screen shield can be shifted between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state when a seat bottom and the backrest of the rear seat are changed between a retracted state in which the seat bottom and the backrest are erected on the same straight line and a seatable used state.

2. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the seat bottom and the backrest are rotatably coupled.

3. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 2, wherein

the upper portion of the screen shield is attached to the upper portion of the cabin frame in the expanded state.

4. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the upper portion of the screen shield is attached to the upper portion of the cabin frame, wherein

the screen shield can be moved in a front-rear direction in the upper portion of the cabin frame.

5. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the lower portion of the screen shield can be attached to and detached from the seat bottom.

6. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 2, wherein

the screen shield has a rail on the front surface thereof, wherein

the seat bottom and the backrest are moved on the rail when the cargo bed is changed between the expanded state and the non-expanded state.

7. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising:

a link mechanism coupling the seat bottom and the backrest, wherein

the seat bottom and the backrest can be shifted between the retracted state and the used state by the link mechanism.

8. A pick-up style utility vehicle comprising:

a front seat;

a rear seat; and

a cargo bed in this order from front;

a cabin frame surrounding a riding space; and

a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed, wherein

the cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space, wherein

a seat bottom of the rear seat and the screen shield are rotatably coupled, and

the screen shield can be shifted between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state when the seat bottom and the screen shield are changed between a retracted state in which the seat bottom and the screen shield are erected on the same straight line and a seatable used state.

9. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 8, wherein

the cargo bed has a pair of right and left side panels, wherein

the side panels are the side panels of the cargo bed in the expanded state and the non-expanded state and are the side panels of the rear seat in the non-expanded state, wherein

the seat bottom can be rotated via the front ends of the side panels, wherein

the seat bottom and the screen shield are rotated via the front ends of the side panels in the expanded state and are held in the retracted state.

10. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 8, wherein

the seat bottom is provided so as to be rotatable relative to a bottom plate of the cargo bed, wherein

the seat bottom is rotated relative to the bottom plate in the expanded state and has a bottom portion configuring an expandable bottom plate formed in a front direction from the front end of the bottom plate, wherein

the screen shield has a pair of right and left panel members openable and closeable right and left in a rear direction, wherein

the panel members configure front panels of the cargo bed in the non-expanded state and configure expandable side panels expanding the side panels of the cargo bed expanded in a front direction from the front ends of the side panels of the cargo bed in the expanded state.