IP Library Granted Patent US 9,896,052
Granted Patent B2
US 9,896,052 · App. 14/585,643 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Cargo bed and utility vehicle with the cargo bed

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Patent No.
US 9,896,052
App. No.
14/585,643
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cargo bed of a utility vehicle includes a front wall, a left wall, a right wall, a rear wall, and a partition member configured to partition a storage space that is surrounded by the front wall, the left wall, the right wall, and the rear wall. The left wall and the right wall are each provided with a first groove configured to be engaged with the partition member to fix the same, and a second groove configured to store the partition member.

Claims (23)

1. A cargo bed of a utility vehicle, comprising:

a front wall;

right and left side walls;

a rear wall; and

a plurality of partition members configured to partition a storage space surrounded with the front wall, the right and left side walls, and the rear wall;

wherein the front and rear walls and the right and left side walls, or the front and rear walls or the right and left side walls, are each provided with:

an engagement portion configured to be engaged with one of the partition members to fix the same; and

a storage portion configured to store the plurality of partition members, and

wherein the partition members include:

a vehicle width member extending in a vehicle width direction over the entire length between the right and left side walls and being a bar member having a substantially square section; and

an anteroposterior member extending in an anteroposterior direction over the entire length between the front and rear walls and being a bar member having a substantially square section, and

wherein the vehicle width member is laid on the anteroposterior member and/or the anteroposterior member is laid on the vehicle width member, and the vehicle width member and the anteroposterior member are directly contacted and cross each other and the vehicle width member and the anteroposterior member are placed below upper ends of the front wall, the rear wall, and the right and left side walls in a condition in which the vehicle width member and the anteroposterior member are engaged with the engagement portions and they partition the storage space.

2. The cargo bed of a utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

when the storage portion is provided to each of the right and left side walls, the storage portion is provided to at least an end in an anteroposterior direction of each of the right and left side walls, and

when the storage portion is provided to each of the front and rear walls, the storage portion is provided to at least an end in a vehicle width direction of each of the front and rear walls.

3. The cargo bed of a utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage portion is provided with a plurality of convex portions, and

the partition members are each provided with a concave portion configured to be engaged with at least one of the convex portions of the storage portion.

4. A utility vehicle comprising:

a chassis;

at least one seat row provided on the chassis;

a R.O.P.S. surrounding a riding space accommodating the at least one seat row; and

the cargo bed according to claim 1 , provided behind the at least one seat row.

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: YAMAMOTO, TERUAKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034601/0275 →