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Vehicle having a cargo bed with a pass-through opening

US12312019B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2023
Grant dateMay 27, 2025
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2002/363
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes: a driver seat connected to a frame of the vehicle and disposed in a cockpit area; a dashboard disposed in front of the driver seat; a cargo bed supported by the frame and having a front wall, left and right walls and a cargo bed supporting surface surrounded in part by the front, left and right walls, the front wall having a movable portion that is movable to selectively cover a pass-through opening that communicates an internal space of the cargo bed to the cockpit area; and an extension receptacle disposed in the cockpit area, the extension receptacle being aligned with (i) the dashboard in a longitudinal direction and (ii) the pass-through opening in a lateral direction, the extension receptacle being configured to receive items therein that are inserted from the cargo bed through the pass-through opening and into the cockpit area of the vehicle.

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