Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.

Paavo Sieppi

Jari Jokelainen

Hannu Yleva

Jukka Olli

Antti Suhanko

Heikki Makkonen

A cargo box has a cargo box body and a tailgate. The cargo box body has two walls, a floor, an opened side, at least one slot defined in the floor, and at least one tab extending from at least one of the walls. The tailgate is selectively pivotally connected to the cargo box body and has at least one tailgate tab extending from a bottom thereof and being received in the at least one slot and at least one recess defined in a side thereof. The at least one tab overlaps a portion of the tailgate when the tailgate is closed thereby preventing opening of the tailgate. The tailgate is generally vertically slidable to align the at least one recess with the at least one tab thereby permitting opening of the tailgate. A vehicle having the tailgate and methods of opening and removing a tailgate are also described.

Vehicle cargo box

A vehicle has a frame, a motor connected to the frame, two front wheels operatively connected to the frame, two intermediate wheels operatively connected to the frame, the two intermediate wheels being disposed rearward of the two front wheels, two rear wheels operatively connected to the frame, the two rear wheels being disposed rearward of the intermediate wheels, a driver seat connected to the frame, a passenger seat disposed at least in part rearward of the driver seat, the driver seat and the passenger seat being straddle seats, and a cargo box connected to the frame, the passenger seat being disposed at least in part forward of the cargo box.

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Kivitaipale, Finland

Paavo Sieppi