# US 8,465,074 B2 · Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed

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- Number: US 8,465,074 B2
- Document ID: US8465074B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/647,792
- Filed: 2009-12-28
- Published: 2011-06-30
- Granted: 2013-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2009-12-28
- Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Masashi Sakata; Yuuki Iwamoto; Yaoki Hayashi; Shigeto Nakamura; Yoshiya Takehara; Hirokazu Morita
- Inventors: Masashi Sakata; Yuuki Iwamoto; Yaoki Hayashi; Shigeto Nakamura; Yoshiya Takehara; Hirokazu Morita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8465074B2

## CPC

- B62D 33/0273: {Movable tailboards for vehicles comprising non-movable sideboards, e.g. pick-up trucks (B62D33/037 takes precedence)}
- B60N 2/3011: {the back-rest being hinged on the cushion, e.g. "portefeuille movement"}
- B60N 2/305: {the cushion being hinged on the vehicle frame}
- B60P 3/423: {from transport of persons to transport of goods}
- B60R 5/04: arranged at rear of vehicle {(B60R5/003, B60R5/006 take precedence; external trunks arranged at rear of vehicle B60R9/065)}
- B60R 21/026: {Rigid partitions inside vehicles, e.g. between passengers and load compartments (B60R21/12 takes precedence)}
- B62D 33/08: comprising adjustable means (B62D33/10 takes precedence)
- B62D 47/003: {convertible in order to modify the number of seats (foldable compact cars B62D31/006; convertible from one use to a different one B60P3/42)}
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A pick-up style utility vehicle having a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state and a non-expanded state. The screen shield is shiftable between an expanded position corresponding to the expanded state of the cargo bed and a non-expanded position corresponding to the non-expanded state of the cargo bed. Fixing devices are provided to fix the screen shield in each of the expanded position and the non-expanded position. The screen shield fixing devices have pin insertion holes of the screen shield, pin insertion holes at the upper ends of side panels, and pins provided so as to be separable from the screen shield and a front panel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

The pick-up style utility vehicle comprising:
a front seat;
a rear seat positioned rearward of the front seat; and
a cargo bed positioned rearward of the rear seat, the cargo bed including a stationary bottom plate, a pair of side panels extending from left and right sides of the bottom plate, respectively, and a front panel, wherein each of the side panels includes a stationary side panel and an adjustable side panel connected to a front end of the stationary side panel; and
a screen shield disposed between the cargo bed and a rear seat riding space in front of the cargo bed such that the screen shield separates the cargo bed from the rear seat riding space in front of the cargo bed, the screen shield being integrally connected to the front panel of the cargo bed, wherein:
the cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into the rear seat riding space by adjusting the position of the adjustable side panels and the position of the screen shield and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear seat riding space;
the screen shield is shiftable between an expanded position corresponding to the expanded state of the cargo bed and a non-expanded position corresponding to the non-expanded state of the cargo bed;
front panel fixing means for fixing the front panel to the side panels of the cargo bed in the expanded position and in the non-expanded position;
the front panel fixing means include first rod insertion holes provided in the left-side side panel, second rod insertion holes provided in the right-side side panel, a first rod supported by the front panel so as to be insertable in the first rod insertion holes, and a second rod supported by the front panel so as to be insertable into the second rod insertion holes, and an operating portion for operating the first and second rods at the same time;
the operating portion includes a rotatable rotational shaft coupled to the first and second rods;
the rotational shaft is aligned with a center portion of the cargo bed in a vehicle width direction; and
the rotational shaft is coupled to the first and second rods by a pair of first link arms formed on the rotational shaft and a pair of second link arms connecting the first link arms to the first and second rods, respectively.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pick-up style utility vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a first knob and a second knob fixed to a front end and a rear end of the rotational shaft, respectively, wherein rotation of either of the first and second knobs effects simultaneous movement of the first and second rods in opposite directions via the first and second link arms.