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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Yuji Horiuchi, Akashi, JP;
Yuichi Kawamoto, Akashi, JP;
Masahiro Kawahara, Kobe, JP;
Teruaki Yamamoto, Lincoln, NE (US);
Yoshiya Takehara, Kakogawa, JP;
Steave Leach, Lincoln, NE (US);
Yuji Horiuchi, Akashi, JP;
Yuichi Kawamoto, Akashi, JP;
Masahiro Kawahara, Kobe, JP;
Teruaki Yamamoto, Lincoln, NE (US);
Yoshiya Takehara, Kakogawa, JP;
Steave Leach, Lincoln, NE (US);
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed. The vehicle includes a chassis supporting a front seat, a rear seat, a screen formation, and a bottom plate of the cargo bed. The pick-up style utility vehicle is capable of being changed between a normal state in which the rear seat is situated on the bottom plate and an expanded state in which the rear seat is moved from the top of the bottom plate. A screen formation is positioned between the cargo bed in the normal state and the rear seat, and includes two screen formation divisions as a double door, and each of the screen formation divisions is supported rotatably around a vertical shaft by the chassis. In the normal state, the two screen formation divisions close the front of the cargo bed. In the expanded state, the two screen formation divisions open the front of the cargo bed and form side plates in the cargo bed.