IP Library Granted Patent US 9,511,701
Granted Patent B2
US 9,511,701 · App. 14/585,935 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Utility vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,511,701
App. No.
14/585,935
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A utility vehicle capable of providing a storage box without restricting the storage capacity of the cargo bed thereof. The utility vehicle includes one or a plurality of seat rows, a dumping-type cargo bed behind the seat row(s), and a storage box disposed in a space between a backrest of the seat row(s) and a front panel of the cargo bed.

Claims (20)

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

at least one seat row;

a dumping-type cargo bed arranged behind the at least one seat row, the cargo bed being turnable or rotatable around a pivot provided at a rear portion of the vehicle so as to raise a front portion of the cargo bed; and

a storage box, part or whole of the storage box disposed in a space between a backrest of the at least one seat row and a front panel of the dumping-type cargo bed,

wherein an upper end of the storage box is located above an upper end of the front panel and the storage box extends over nearly the entire width of the cargo bed in a vehicle width direction.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the storage box is fixed to a fixing member provided on a side of the at least one seat row.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

cabin walls enclosing a cabin for accommodating the at least one seat row, wherein a rear cabin wall member of the cabin walls covers a front side of the storage box.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front panel of the dumping-type cargo bed has a screen extending upward.

5. A utility vehicle comprising:

at least one seat row;

a dumping-type cargo bed arranged behind the at least one seat row, the cargo bed being turnable or rotatable around a pivot provided at a rear portion of the vehicle so as to raise a front portion of the cargo bed; and

a storage box, part or whole of the storage box disposed in a space between a backrest of the at least one seat row and a front panel of the dumping-type cargo bed,

wherein the storage box is fixed to the front panel.

6. A utility vehicle comprising:

at least one seat row;

a dumping-type cargo bed arranged behind the at least one seat row, the cargo bed being turnable or rotatable around a pivot provided at a rear portion of the vehicle so as to raise a front portion of the cargo bed; and

a storage box, part or whole of the storage box disposed in a space between a backrest of the at least one seat row and a front panel of the dumping-type cargo bed,

wherein the front panel of the dumping-type cargo bed has a screen that extends upward, and

wherein the storage box is fixed to the screen.

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: TSUMIYAMA, YOSHINORI; TAKAHASHI, KEIJI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034602/0992 →