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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Manabu Kokawa, Akashi-shi, JP;
Satoshi Morotomi, Akashi-shi, JP;
Daisuke Takagi, Kakogawa-shi, JP;
Naohisa Masuda, Kobe-shi, JP;
Shigeru Yamashita, Akashi-shi, JP;
Masahiro Kawahara, Kobe-shi, JP;
Hirokazu Morita, Kakogawa-shi, JP;
Masashi Sakata, Kobe-shi, JP;
Hideyuki Kato, Akashi-shi, JP;
Manabu Kokawa, Akashi-shi, JP;
Satoshi Morotomi, Akashi-shi, JP;
Daisuke Takagi, Kakogawa-shi, JP;
Naohisa Masuda, Kobe-shi, JP;
Shigeru Yamashita, Akashi-shi, JP;
Masahiro Kawahara, Kobe-shi, JP;
Hirokazu Morita, Kakogawa-shi, JP;
Masashi Sakata, Kobe-shi, JP;
Hideyuki Kato, Akashi-shi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A pick-up style utility vehicle has a front seat and a rear seat surrounded by a cabin frame, and a cargo bed in this order from the vehicle front, a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded into the riding space of the rear seat and a non-expanded state not occupying the riding space of the rear seat. The screen shield is supported by the upper portion of the cabin frame and is changeable between an expanded position in which the cargo bed and the riding space in front of the cargo bed are partitioned and a non-expanded position in which the cargo bed and the riding space in front of the cargo bed are partitioned without the necessity of detaching the screen shield from the cabin frame.