Patent ID: 6523879
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B60N,B60R,B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
A four-wheeled utility vehicle comprising:a seat including a driver's seat and a passenger seat neighboring to a lateral side of the driver's seat; a load-carrying platform behind said seat; a cabin frame surrounding said seat and having an open front having no windshield and open lateral sides having no doors and open top having no roof; a bonnet openably positioned neighboring to a front part of the seat and in front of the cabin frame; and an assist grip to be grasped by a passenger in a state seated on the passenger seat, the assist grip is attached to an upper part of the front side part on the side of the passenger seat of the front frame member so as to protrude toward a passenger in the state seated on the passenger seat such that the passenger in the state seated on the passenger seat is able to grasp the assist grip; wherein the cabin frame is formed by assembling pipes, and the cabin frame has a front frame member set in front of the seat, having front side parts extending substantially vertically on right and left sides in front of the seat, a lower end of the front frame member being mounted on a side of the bonnet, a rear frame member set behind the seat and having rear side parts extending substantially vertically on right and left sides behind the seat, and an upper frame member interconnecting respective upper parts of the front and the rear frame member, wherein the assist grip includes a core pipe of a metal having a main part to be grasped by the passenger and side parts to be attached to the front member so as to expand from opposite ends of the main part, respectively, at a fixed angle to the main part, and an elastic coating member provided on the main part of the core pipe.