Patent ID: 8979124
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a pair of front wheels; at least a pair of rear wheels; a frame portion supported by the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels; a seat unit including a first seat portion and a second seat portion arranged side by side in a width direction of the vehicle and supported by the frame portion; a steering wheel in front of the first seat portion; a roll-over protection cage supported by the frame portion and covering an area above the seat unit and the steering wheel; and a shoulder bolster portion; wherein the first seat portion includes a seat bottom portion that supports a human body from below, and a back support portion that supports the human body from behind; at least one portion of the shoulder bolster portion is located outward of the seat unit in the width direction of the vehicle; the at least one portion of the shoulder bolster portion, in a side view, is located at a more rearward position than a forwardmost end of the seat bottom portion, at a more forward position than the back support portion, at a higher position than a center of the steering wheel in an up-down direction, and at a lower position than an upper end of the steering wheel; the shoulder bolster portion has its upper end located at a higher position than a midway point between a center of an upper surface of the seat bottom portion and an upper end of the back support portion in the up-down direction; and a forwardmost end of the shoulder bolster portion is positioned rearward of the forwardmost end of the seat bottom portion.