IP Library Granted Patent US 9,403,467
Granted Patent B2
US 9,403,467 · App. 14/585,532 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Utility vehicle

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,403,467
App. No.
14/585,532
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A utility vehicle includes: a chassis ( 1 ); a seat ( 6 ) arranged on the chassis; a cargo bed ( 8 ) arranged behind the seat and supported in a freely rotatable manner about a pivot ( 11 ) of the chassis so as to be changeable between a dumping position in which a front portion of the cargo bed is raised and a normal position in which the front portion of the cargo bed is not raised; a holding part ( 12 ) for biasing the cargo bed toward the dumping position so as to hold the cargo bed; and a support rod ( 101 ) provided separately from the holding part and supporting the cargo bed at the dumping position.

Claims (15)

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a chassis;

at least one seat row arranged on the chassis;

a cargo bed arranged behind the at least one seat row and supported in a freely rotatable manner about a pivot of the chassis so as to be changeable between a dumping position in which a front portion of the cargo bed is raised and a normal position in which the front portion of the cargo bed is not raised;

a holding part for biasing the cargo bed toward the dumping position so as to hold the cargo bed;

a support rod provided separately from the holding part and supporting the cargo bed at the dumping position; and

a screen provided between the at least one seat row and the cargo bed,

wherein the screen has at least one crossbar extending in a vehicle width direction;

wherein the support rod has a hook at a distal end thereof; and

wherein the hook can be engaged to the crossbar.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the support rod is attached to the cargo bed in a freely rotatable manner at a proximal end thereof; and

the support rod can be moved between a storage position of being stored in the cargo bed and a supporting position of supporting the cargo bed.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the screen has a plurality of crossbars.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the crossbar of the screen has a restriction pin for restricting a lock position for the hook in a vehicle width direction.

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 30, 2014
From: TAKAHASHI, KEIJI; TSUMIYAMA, YOSHINORI; TAKEGAMI, ITSUO; TAKEUCHI, KAZUKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034601/0331 →