US 12,103,439 B2
Multipurpose vehicle
Kyouhei Hamamura, Sakai (JP); Takahiro Miyasaka, Sakai (JP); and Tatsuya Yano, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/349,295.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-002075 (JP), filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219574 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60R 21/13 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/146 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0292 (2013.01); B60N 2/20 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0216 (2013.01); B60R 21/13 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multipurpose vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body;
an accommodating section provided for the vehicle body and comprising a seat in which an occupant is able to sit; and
a changing mechanism configured to change a horizontal orientation of the seat,
wherein:
the changing mechanism is configured to change the horizontal orientation of the seat so that the seat faces at least a first direction or a second direction,
the changing mechanism further comprises:
a rotating mechanism configured to support the seat in such a manner that the seat is rotatable between the first direction and the second direction; and
a fixing mechanism configured to fix the seat while the seat faces the first direction or the second direction,
the fixing mechanism comprises:
a engagement groove extending around a rotation axis of the seat, the engagement groove defining at least one fixing portion extending toward the rotation axis of the seat at an end of the engagement groove; and
a fixing operation tool manually operable to switch the seat between a fixed state where the fixing operation tool is engaged with the at least one fixing portion, and an unfixed state where the fixing operation tool is disengaged with the at least one fixing portion, and
the fixing operation tool is switched to the unfixed state when being moved away from the rotation axis of the seat.