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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Kiyohito Takano, Kobe, JP;
Satoshi Takaya, Akashi, JP;
Kiyoaki Maeda, Kobe, JP;
Kousei Hokari, Miki, JP;
Geoffrey Ewing, Lincoln, NE (US);
Junhei Asahi, Akashi, JP;
Naoki Tamai, Akashi, JP;
Kenji Oda, Akashi, JP;
Kiyohito Takano, Kobe, JP;
Satoshi Takaya, Akashi, JP;
Kiyoaki Maeda, Kobe, JP;
Kousei Hokari, Miki, JP;
Geoffrey Ewing, Lincoln, NE (US);
Junhei Asahi, Akashi, JP;
Naoki Tamai, Akashi, JP;
Kenji Oda, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a stationary cargo bed part serving as a bottom face and a side face of the cargo bed, a movable cargo bed part serving as the bottom face and the side face of the expanded cargo bed, and a cargo bed support mechanism for supporting the movable cargo bed part at a normal position and an expansion position set on the rear side of the normal position.