Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed

US8136857B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA · JP

Inventors

• Hirohito Shimizu · Kobe, JP
• Masashi Kanai · Adumino, JP
• Hideyuki Takahashi · Yokohama, JP
• Yoshitaka Awazu · Kakogawa, JP
• Austin J. Stauffer · Lincoln, US
• Shigeru Yamashita · Akashi, JP
• Shigeto Nakamura · Himeji, JP
• Mike Boyle · Lincoln, US
• Takashi Miyauchi · Kawasaki, JP
• Yoshiya Takehara · Kakogawa, JP
• Kentaro Shimomura · Akashi, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2009
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/0083
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pick-up style utility vehicle includes a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed expandable in a front direction, and a screen shield arranged at a front end of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction into a riding space, and a non-expanded state not occupying the riding space. The screen shield is slidably supported by a vehicle body configuring portion, for example, a guide portion provided on an expandable side panel and extending in a front and rear direction, so as to be movable in a front and rear direction between an expanded position and a non-expanded position.