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US 11,685,296 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushi Ki Kai Sha
InventorDane Nowland
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Abstract
The vehicle with right and left front seats, a cargo bed located behind the right and left front seats, a guide rail located on the cargo bed, and a rear seat with a seat frame connected to the guide rail and slidable in the front-rear direction along the guide rail. This structure enables the cargo bed to have a sufficient capacity while preventing the vehicle body from increasing in size, and secures freedom in the shape of the rear seat.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- right and left front wheels;
- right and left rear wheels;
- a body frame including a cross portion;
- right and left front seats mounted on the body frame;
- a cargo bed located rearward of the right and left front seats, including a cargo bed floor that has a convex portion and a concave portion, each of the convex portion and the concave portion extending in the front-rear direction;
- a guide rail disposed on the cargo bed and fitting into the concave portion, and including a bottom portion, a side wall, and a flange;
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- a rear seat including a seat frame that is attached on the flange of the guide rail and is slidable in a front-rear direction along the guide rail,
- wherein the bottom portion is located inside the concave portion of the cargo bed and is fixed to the cross portion of the body frame, and
- wherein the flange is located inside the concave portion of the cargo bed, and is located lower than the top of the convex portion of the cargo bed.
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A vehicle comprising:
- right and left front wheels;
- right and left rear wheels;
- a body frame including a cargo bed frame;
- right and left front seats mounted on the cargo bed frame;
- a cargo bed located rearward of the right and left front seats, including a cargo bed floor that has a convex portion and a concave portion, each of the convex portion and the concave portion extending in the front-rear direction;
- a guide rail disposed on the cargo bed and extending along at least one of the concave portion and the convex portion;
- a rear seat including a seat bottom, and a seat frame that is attached on the guide rail and is slidable in a front-rear direction along the guide rail;
- and
- a bracket supporting the seat bottom via pivot shaft and attached to the front face of the front-most portion of cargo frame,
- wherein a position at which the bracket is fixed to the cargo frame is positioned lower than an upper portion of the guide rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.