Patent ID: 9505456
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B23P,B60D,B60R,B62D,E01H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for securing an attachment mount to the front end of a Class 4-8 truck having a tapering vehicle chassis at its front portion, the vehicle chassis having a chassis length extending along a length of the truck on a longitudinal axis and along a horizontal plane, and the front-end truck attachment mount functioning to support a front-end track attachment, comprising the steps of: providing one or more front members configured to support the front-end truck attachment, at least a portion of the one or more front members positioned laterally adjacent to and connecting at a first end of the one or more front members to a lateral surface of the front portion of the vehicle chassis, and the one or more front members connecting at a second end of the one or more front members to the truck attachment mount, wherein a second end of the one or more front members is located in a horizontal position below the front portion of the vehicle chassis and substantially parallel to the horizontal plane of the chassis length; providing one or more a distribution members located at the front portion of the vehicle chassis, the one or more distribution members connected at a first end of the one or more distribution members, at least indirectly, to a lateral surface of the front portion of the vehicle chassis, and the one or more distribution members connected at a second end of the one or more distribution members, at least indirectly, to at least a portion of the one or more front members; wherein the one or more front members and the one or more distribution members comprise the attachment mount, and further comprising the step of connecting a front-end truck attachment to the attachment mounts, whereby and during use of the front-end truck attachment, the attachment mount spreads stresses originating from forces exerted on the one or more front members by the front-end truck attachment, about the front portion of the vehicle chassis.