Patent ID: 8414082

Claim:
A work vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame extending in the fore/aft direction, the vehicle body frame including a front frame and a rear frame disposed rearwardly of the front frame; a passenger's section provided on the vehicle body frame, the passenger's section including a floor face, said rear frame being disposed rearwardly of and at a higher position than said floor face, said floor face being supported by said front frame; a driver's seat disposed on the front side of the passenger's section; a rear seat disposing space provided rearwardly of the driver's seat, a rear portion of the rear seat disposing space being overlapped with an upper side of the rear frame; a drive unit including an engine, the drive unit being disposed downwardly of the rear frame; a rear seat disposed in the rear seat disposing space, the rear seat being selectable in its posture between a first posture which is a non-use condition where the rear seat is displaced forwardly and opens up the upper side of the rear frame to uncover at least a portion of the drive unit, and a second posture which is a use condition where the rear seat is displaced rearwardly and positioned on the upper side of the rear frame to cover the portion of the drive unit; and a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the passenger's section the load-carrying platform being switchable in its state between a first state where the load-carrying platform is positioned immediately behind the rear seat in the first posture to cover the portion of the drive unit, and a second state where the load-carrying platform is positioned immediately behind the rear seat in the second posture to uncover the portion of the drive unit; wherein when the rear seat is in the first posture and the load-carrying platform is in the second state, the portion of the drive unit is opened to allow visual inspection of the drive unit.