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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Masashi Nishiike, Akashi, JP;
Itsuo Takegami, Kobe, JP;
Masashi Sakata, Kobe, JP;
Takafumi Hisamori, Kobe, JP;
Tooru Ogino, Kobe, JP;
Kazuma Waida, Kobe, JP;
Dustin Meyer, Lincoln, NE (US);
Eizou Sakai, Akashi, JP;
Shigeru Yamashita, Akashi, JP;
Masashi Nishiike, Akashi, JP;
Itsuo Takegami, Kobe, JP;
Masashi Sakata, Kobe, JP;
Takafumi Hisamori, Kobe, JP;
Tooru Ogino, Kobe, JP;
Kazuma Waida, Kobe, JP;
Dustin Meyer, Lincoln, NE (US);
Eizou Sakai, Akashi, JP;
Shigeru Yamashita, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A pick-up style utility vehicle including a front seat, a rear seat and a cargo bed in order from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle, and a screen for partitioning the cargo bed and ride space on the front side of the cargo bed. The cargo bed has at least a stationary bottom plate and an expansion bottom plate, and is changeable between an expanded state where the cargo bed is expanded forward into the ride space and a non-expanded state where the cargo bed does not occupy the ride space. Also, the expansion bottom plate is pivotable on a horizontal shaft in the right and left direction relative to the stationary bottom plate and the screen.