Four-wheeled utility vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFumio Mizuta
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Abstract
A four-wheeled utility vehicle has a drover's and passenger compartment having open front and lateral sides, and an assist grip (32) that can be grasped by a passenger seated in a natural position on a passenger seat (4b). The assist grip (32) includes a core pipe (33) and an elastic coating member (31) coating the core pipe (33). The assist grip (32) is attached detachably to an upper part of an inclined front side part (21b) on the side of the passenger seat (4b) of a front frame member (21) of a cabin frame (5). The assist grip (32) protrudes toward the passenger seat (4b) to enable the passenger seated on the passenger seat (4b) to grasp the assist grip (32) easily.
Claims9
A four-wheeled utility vehicle comprising:
- a seat including a driver's seat and a passenger seat;
- a load-carrying platform behind said seat;
- a cabin frame surrounding said seat and having open front and open lateral side;
- wherein the cabin frame is formed by assembling pipes, and
- the cabin frame has
- a front frame member set in front of the seat, having front side parts extending substantially vertically on right and left sides in front of the seat,
- a rear frame member set behind the seat and having rear side parts extending substantially vertically on right and left sides behind the seat, and
- an upper frame member interconnecting respective upper ends of the front and the rear frame member, and
- wherein an assist grip coated with an elastic coating member is attached to an upper part of the front side part on the side of the passenger seat of the front frame member so as to protrude toward a passenger seated on the passenger seat such that the passenger seated on the passenger seat is able to grasp the assist grip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.