IP Library Granted Patent US 8,556,324
Granted Patent B1
US 8,556,324 · App. 13/729,758 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Utility vehicle

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Patent No.
US 8,556,324
App. No.
13/729,758
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A utility vehicle according to the present invention includes a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, a screen, and seat belt systems, the cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state and a non-expanded state, the screen has a movable mount in a lower end, the screen is movable between a first position and a second position, each of the seat belt systems has a three-point seat belt structure, a bottom anchor, a retractor, and a buckle are provided in the movable mount, and a top anchor is provided in the screen.

Claims (16)

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a front seat;

a rear seat;

a cargo bed;

a screen for partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space on the front side of the cargo bed; and

seat belt systems for passengers,

the cargo bed being changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into an area of the rear seat and a non-expanded state in which the cargo bed is not expanded in the area of the rear seat, wherein

a movable mount is secured to a lower end of the screen,

the screen is movable between a first position corresponding to a front end of the cargo bed in the expanded state and a second position corresponding to the front end of the cargo bed in the non-expanded state in the front and rear direction together with the movable mount,

each of the seat belt systems has a three-point seat belt structure,

a bottom anchor and a retractor for supporting both ends of a webbing of the seat belt system for the rear seat, and a buckle are provided in the movable mount, and

a top anchor for supporting the middle of the webbing on the upper side of a back rest of the rear seat is provided in the screen.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising:

a lock device capable of fixing the screen and the movable mount at the first position and the second position, respectively.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the back rest for the rear seat is attached to the screen.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a front end of a seat bottom of the rear seat is pivotably supported by a vehicle body frame member, and the seat bottom is accommodated on the front side of the first position of the screen at the time of expansion of the cargo bed.

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 Dec 28, 2012
From: YAMAMOTO, TERUAKI; TAKEGAMI, ITSUO
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 029541/0929 →