Patents by Inventor Scott F. Gordon

Scott F. Gordon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed
    Patent number: 8328262
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction into the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The screen shield is directly or indirectly supported by a swinging shaft provided on a vehicle body and is swingable between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Kawabata, Kazuya Takeuchi, Scott F. Gordon, Hirokazu Morita, Teruaki Yamamoto, Hironori Mahara
  • PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED
    Publication number: 20110156423
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The screen shield is directly or indirectly supported by a swinging shaft provided on a vehicle body and is swingable between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Takao Kawabata, Kazuya Takeuchi, Scott F. Gordon, Hirokazu Morita, Teruaki Yamamoto, Hironori Mahara