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Granted Patent B2
US 12,240,534 · App. 17/730,760 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Work vehicle

Inventors: Fahmid Sharkar (Atlanta, GA); Nicholas Allicock (Suwanee, GA); Michael Anderson (Cleveland, GA); Logan Hayes (Dawsonville, GA); Jeremy May (Gainesville, GA)
Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
B62D33/037B62D33/0207B62D33/027
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,240,534
App. No.
17/730,760
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work vehicle includes: a carrier box including: a floor panel; a pair of left and right side panels; and a rear gate supported by the floor panel in such a manner as to be capable of being opened and closed, the side panels being provided with an engagement section to which a height extension is detachably attachable, the rear gate including: a first panel connected with the floor panel in such a manner as to be movable rotationally; and a second panel connected with the first panel in such a manner as to be movable rotationally, wherein attaching the height extension to the engagement section and positioning the second panel over the first panel provides an additional height for both of the side panels and the rear gate.

Claims (11)

1. A work vehicle, comprising:

a carrier box including:

a floor panel;

a pair of left and right side panels; and

a rear gate supported by the floor panel in such a manner as to be capable of being opened and closed,

the side panels being provided with an engagement section to which a height extension is detachably attachable,

the rear gate including:

a first panel connected with the floor panel in such a manner as to be movable rotationally; and

a second panel connected with the first panel in such a manner as to be movable rotationally, wherein

attaching the height extension to the engagement section and positioning the second panel over the first panel provides an additional height for both of the side panels and the rear gate, the rear gate is provided with a lock mechanism configured to restrict rotational movement of the first panel, and

the lock mechanism includes an operation bar for the first panel which operation bar is so positioned at a lateral end portion of the first panel as not to hinder rotational movement of the second panel while the lock mechanism is in a locking state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: SHARKAR, FAHMID; ALLICOCK, NICHOLAS; ANDERSON, MICHAEL; HAYES, LOGAN; MAY, JEREMY
To: KUBOTA CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230347990A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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