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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Kouji Itou, Akashi, JP;
Hideyuki Kato, Akashi, JP;
Kenji Oda, Akashi, JP;
Kousei Hokari, Miki, JP;
Hirokazu Morita, Kakogawa, JP;
Kouji Itou, Akashi, JP;
Hideyuki Kato, Akashi, JP;
Kenji Oda, Akashi, JP;
Kousei Hokari, Miki, JP;
Hirokazu Morita, Kakogawa, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The rear seat forms side panels of the expandable portions of the cargo bed in the expanded state.