Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed

US8267454B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA · JP

Inventors

• Kiyohito Takano · Kobe, JP
• Satoshi Takaya · Yokohama, JP
• Kiyoaki Maeda · Irvine, US
• Kousei Hokari · Miki, JP
• Geoffrey Ewing · Lincoln, US
• Junhei Asahi · Akashi, JP
• Naoki Tamai · Akashi, JP
• Kenji Oda · Osaka, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 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 with an expandable cargo bed, including a stationary cargo bed part serving as a bottom face and a side face of the cargo bed, a movable cargo bed part serving as the bottom face and the side face of the expanded cargo bed, and a cargo bed support mechanism for supporting the movable cargo bed part at a normal position and an expansion position set on the rear side of the normal position.