Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed

US8414050B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA · JP

Inventors

• Hideyoshi Kosuge · Kobe, JP
• Tokishin Nishinaka · Akashi, JP
• Geoffrey Ewing · Lincoln, US
• Yoji Onishi · Lincoln, US
• Takao Hamano · Kobe, JP
• Naohisa Masuda · Kobe, JP
• Kenji Oda · Osaka, JP
• Takeshi Orio · Akashi, JP
• Michael Boyle · Kalamazoo, US
• Tatsunori Shimizu · Shizuoka, JP
• Eiji Sakurada · Kobe, JP
• Mitsuhiro Yazaki · Kakogawa, JP
• Yui Nishizaki · Akashi, JP
• Hiroyuki Kishi · Akashi, JP
• Naoto NAKAGAWA · Akashi, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2013
• Expiry date: May 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D23/005
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has 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 has at least a stationary bottom plate, right and left stationary side panels, a front panel, expandable side panels, and an expandable bottom plate and can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to a rear portion riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the space. Each of the expandable side panels and the screen shield are supported by a vehicle body configuring portion so as to be integrally shifted between an expanded position and a non-expanded position.