Utility vehicle equipped with extendable cargo bed

A utility vehicle comprising:

• plural rows of seats mounted in a vehicle body of the utility vehicle;
• and
• an extendable cargo bed positioned behind the plural rows of seats;
• wherein the cargo bed includes a bottom wall member having a forward region which extends forward relative to a cargo accommodating space in an unextended state of the cargo bed;
• wherein the plural rows of seats include a rear seat having a rear seat seating portion which is rotatably provided on the forward region of the bottom wall member such that the rear seat seating portion is rotatable forward to an upright position;
• wherein the rear seat seating portion has a bottom plate provided integrally with a bottom surface thereof;
• wherein in a state where the rear seat seating portion is rotated forward and is in the upright position, the bottom plate of the rear seat seating portion defines a front wall member of the cargo bed;
• a rear seat backrest positioned above a rear end portion of the rear seat seating portion;
• wherein the rear seat backrest is rotatably coupled to a vehicle body frame by a pivot arm such that the rear seat backrest is able to move forward over the rear seat seating portion to a location forward relative to the rear seat seating portion;
• and
• wherein the pivot arm is angularly displaceable with respect to the rear seat backrest in association with angular displacement of the pivot arm with respect to the vehicle body frame.

A utility vehicle comprising:

• plural rows of seats mounted in a vehicle body of the utility vehicle;
• and
• an extendable cargo bed positioned behind the plural rows of seats;
• wherein the cargo bed includes a bottom wall member having a forward region which extends forward relative to a cargo accommodating space in an unextended state of the cargo bed;
• wherein the plural rows of seats include a rear seat having a rear seat seating portion which is rotatably provided on the forward region of the bottom wall member such that the rear seat seating portion is rotatable forward to an upright position;
• wherein the rear seat seating portion has a bottom plate provided integrally with a bottom surface thereof;
• wherein in a state where the rear seat seating portion is rotated forward and is in the upright position, the bottom plate of the rear seat seating portion defines a front wall member of the cargo bed;
• a rear seat backrest positioned above a rear end portion of the rear seat seating portion;
• wherein the rear seat backrest is rotatably coupled to a vehicle body frame by a pivot arm such that the rear seat backrest is able to move forward over the rear seat seating portion to a location forward relative to the rear seat seating portion;
• and
• wherein in a stowed state in which the rear seat backrest is moved over the rear seat seating portion and is in a location forward relative to the rear seat seating portion, a lower end of the rear seat backrest is lower than the bottom wall member of the cargo bed.