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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Hirohito Shimizu, Kobe, JP;
Masashi Kanai, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Takahashi, Kobe, JP;
Yoshitaka Awazu, Kakogawa, JP;
Austin Stauffer, Lincoln, NE (US);
Shigeru Yamashita, Akashi, JP;
Shigeto Nakamura, Himeji, JP;
Mike Boyle, Lincoln, NE (US);
Takashi Miyauchi, Akashi, JP;
Yoshiya Takehara, Akashi, JP;
Kentaro Shimomura, Akashi, JP;
Hirohito Shimizu, Kobe, JP;
Masashi Kanai, Kobe, JP;
Hideyuki Takahashi, Kobe, JP;
Yoshitaka Awazu, Kakogawa, JP;
Austin Stauffer, Lincoln, NE (US);
Shigeru Yamashita, Akashi, JP;
Shigeto Nakamura, Himeji, JP;
Mike Boyle, Lincoln, NE (US);
Takashi Miyauchi, Akashi, JP;
Yoshiya Takehara, Akashi, JP;
Kentaro Shimomura, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
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.