Cargo bed and utility vehicle with the cargo bed

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016185398-A1
Application number	US-201414585643-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cargo bed of a utility vehicle according to the present invention includes a front wall, a left wall, a right wall, a rear wall, and a partition member configured to partition a storage space that is surrounded with the front wall, the left wall, the right wall, and the rear wall. The left wall and the right wall are each provided with a first groove configured to be engaged with the partition member to fix the same, and a second groove configured to store the partition member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A cargo bed of a utility vehicle, comprising:
a front wall; right and left side walls; a rear wall; and a plurality of partition members configured to partition a storage space surrounded with the front wall, the right and left side walls, and the rear wall; wherein the front and rear walls and the right and left side walls, or the front and rear walls or the right and left side walls, are each provided with an engagement portion configured to be engaged with one of the partition members to fix the same, and a storage portion configured to store the plurality of partition members.

2 . The cargo bed of a utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when the storage portion is provided to each of the right and left side walls, the storage portion is provided to at least an end in an anteroposterior direction of each of the right and left side walls, and when the storage portion is provided to each of the front and rear walls, the storage portion is provided to at least an end in a vehicle width direction of each of the front and rear walls.

3 . The cargo bed of a utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage portion is provided with a plurality of convex portions, and the partition members are each provided with a concave portion configured to be engaged with the convex portion of the storage portion.

4 . The cargo bed of a utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the partition members include a vehicle width member extending in a vehicle width direction between the right and left side walls, and an anteroposterior member extending in an anteroposterior direction between the front and rear walls, and one of the vehicle width member and the anteroposterior member is laid on another one of the vehicle width member and the anteroposterior member.

5 . A utility vehicle comprising:
a chassis; a single or plurality of seat rows provided on the chassis; a R.O.P.S. surrounding a riding space accommodating the seat rows; and the cargo bed according to claim 1 , provided behind the seat rows.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Teruaki

Classifications

• B62D33/02

  Platforms; Open load compartments {(flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08)} · CPC title

• B60R21/13 Primary

  Roll-over protection (electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01) · CPC title

• B62D33/08 Primary

  comprising adjustable means (B62D33/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60P7/15 Primary

  the load bracing means comprising a movable bar · CPC title