Patent ID: 7819455
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
1. A straddle-type vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; a seat including a first end section and a second end section disposed at an opposite end of the seat from the first end section, the first end section of the seat being pivotally supported on the vehicle body such that the second end section is arranged to be pivoted about the first end section among a raised position, a lowered position, and a latched position; a latching mechanism arranged to releasably hold the second end section of the seat to the vehicle body; wherein the seat is elastically deformable and configured such that, when the second end section is in the lowered position, the second end section is spaced away from the latching mechanism when no downward pressing force is applied to the second end section; and when the second end section is in the latched position and latched by the latching mechanism to the vehicle body, the seat is elastically deformed against an elastic restoring force of the seat when a downward pressing force is applied to the second end section.