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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Hideyoshi Kosuge, Kobe, JP;
Tokishin Nishinaka, Kakogawa, PA;
Geoffrey Ewing, Lincoln, NE (US);
Yoji Onishi, Kobe, JP;
Takao Hamano, Kobe, JP;
Naohisa Masuda, Kobe, JP;
Kenji Oda, Akashi, JP;
Takeshi Orio, Akashi, JP;
Michael John Boyle, Lincoln, NE (US);
Tatsunori Shimizu, Akashi, JP;
Eiji Sakurada, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yazaki, Kakogawa, JP;
Yui Nishizaki, Akashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Kishi, Akashi, JP;
Naoto Nakagawa, Akashi, JP;
Hideyoshi Kosuge, Kobe, JP;
Tokishin Nishinaka, Kakogawa, PA;
Geoffrey Ewing, Lincoln, NE (US);
Yoji Onishi, Kobe, JP;
Takao Hamano, Kobe, JP;
Naohisa Masuda, Kobe, JP;
Kenji Oda, Akashi, JP;
Takeshi Orio, Akashi, JP;
Michael John Boyle, Lincoln, NE (US);
Tatsunori Shimizu, Akashi, JP;
Eiji Sakurada, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yazaki, Kakogawa, JP;
Yui Nishizaki, Akashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Kishi, Akashi, JP;
Naoto Nakagawa, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has 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 has at least a stationary bottom plate, right and left stationary side panels, a front panel, expandable side panels, and an expandable bottom plate and can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to a rear portion riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the space. Each of the expandable side panels and the screen shield are supported by a vehicle body configuring portion so as to be integrally shifted between an expanded position and a non-expanded position.