IP Library Granted Patent US 8,322,770
Granted Patent B2
US 8,322,770 · App. 12/648,575 · Granted Dec 4, 2012

Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed

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Patent No.
US 8,322,770
App. No.
12/648,575
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has 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. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. All or part of the screen shield is angle shiftable between the expanded state and the non-expanded state.

Claims (21)

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 is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space;

all or part of the screen shield is angle shiftable between the expanded state and the non-expanded state;

the screen shield has a frame portion and a mesh portion; and

the mesh portion is supported by an upper end of the frame portion and is swingable with the upper end as a swinging shaft.

2. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the screen shield has a plurality of handle portions.

3. 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 is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space;

all or part of the screen shield is angle shiftable between the expanded state and the non-expanded state; and

the screen shield is attachable to and detachable from a rear end of the cargo bed.

4. The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the screen shield has a plurality of handle portions.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060300/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2010
From: KOSUGE, HIDEYOSHI; MORITA, HIROKAZU; NEGI, RYOUJI; NISHIYABU, MASAKI; KANAZAWA, TOMOHIRO; YAMAMOTO, TERUAKI; SHINNOKI, HIDEAKI; SAKATA, MASASHI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 024238/0305 →