# US 12,759,451 B2 · Vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,759,451 B2 - Document ID: US12759451B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/425,070 - Filed: 2024-01-29 - Published: 2025-07-31 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2024-01-29 - Assignees: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. - Applicants: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. - Inventors: Kota Hidaka; Ken Nagata; Hirotaka Fujiki; Chase Nickle; Loran Fortik - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759451B2 ## CPC - B60N 3/02: of hand grips or straps - A63B 55/61: {motorised} - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A vehicle includes: at least one seat including a seat surface; and at least one pole including a rod higher than the seat surface. The rod includes a main body and a handle extending from the main body with bends so that an occupant to be seated on the at least one seat can grasp the handle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle, comprising: at least one seat including a seat surface; and at least one pole including a rod higher than the seat surface, the rod including a main body and a handle extending from the main body with bends so that an occupant to be seated on the at least one seat can grasp the handle, wherein the rod is a component obtained by bending a pipe. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a pillar, wherein the main body is connected to an upper end of the pillar and extends in a forward and backward direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the handle protrudes from the main body in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the main body. ### Claim 4 A vehicle, comprising: at least one seat including a seat surface; at least one pole including a rod higher than the seat surface, the rod including a main body and a handle extending from the main body with bends so that an occupant to be seated on the at least one seat can grasp the handle; and a pillar, wherein the main body is connected to an upper end of the pillar and extends in a forward and backward direction, and the handle protrudes inward from the main body in a vehicle-width direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the handle further protrudes downward from the main body in the vehicle-width direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The vehicle according to claim 4, further comprising a roof supported by the at least one pole. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The vehicle according to claim 4, further comprising a roof supported by the main body. ### Claim 8 A vehicle, comprising: at least one seat including a seat surface; at least one pole including a rod higher than the seat surface, the rod including a main body and a handle extending from the main body with bends so that an occupant to be seated on the at least one seat can grasp the handle; a pillar; and a roof supported by the at least one pole, wherein the main body is connected to an upper end of the pillar and extends in a forward and backward direction, and a lower surface of the roof includes a facing portion facing the handle from above the handle, and a surrounding portion that is a portion around the facing portion and protrudes downward from the facing portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the roof includes an upper surface on which a gutter is formed, and a lower surface on which a ridge is formed in a portion corresponding to the gutter, and a portion continuous to the handle in the at least one pole is located under the ridge, and the handle protrudes inward from the ridge in the vehicle-width direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the handle is provided in an area between a front end and a rear end of the seat surface in the forward and backward direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the handle is thinner than the pillar. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the handle is exposed from remaining portions of the vehicle in a side view of the vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the at least one seat comprises a first seat including a driver seat, and the handle is provided at a position corresponding to the first seat. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the at least one seat comprises a first seat including a driver seat, and a second seat behind the first seat, and the handle is provided at a position corresponding to the second seat. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the at least one seat comprises a first seat including a driver seat, and a second seat behind the first seat, and the handle is provided at each position corresponding to the first seat and the second seat. ### Claim 16 A vehicle, comprising: at least one seat including a seat surface; and at least one pole including a rod higher than the seat surface, the rod including a main body and a handle extending from the main body with bends so that an occupant to be seated on the at least one seat can grasp the handle, wherein the at least one seat comprises a first seat including a driver seat, and a second seat behind the first seat, the handle is provided at each position corresponding to the first seat and the second seat, and the at least one pole includes a first pole with the handle for the first seat, and a second pole with the handle for the second seat, the second pole being provided separately from the first pole. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the seat surface of the second seat is higher than the seat surface of the first seat, and the handle for the second seat is higher than the handle for the first seat. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the rod is a component obtained by bending a circular pipe. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The vehicle according to claim 18, wherein the handle includes a straight portion and a curved portion. ### Claim 20 A vehicle, comprising: at least one seat including a seat surface; at least one pole including a rod higher than the seat surface, the rod including a main body and a handle extending from the main body with bends so that an occupant to be seated on the at least one seat can grasp the handle; and a frame body supporting the seat surface, wherein the at least one pole including the main body and the handle is used as at least one pillar extending upward from the frame body.