Patent ID: 9643335
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B28C

Claim:
1. A combined ready mix concrete truck and a combined concrete discharge boot and concrete discharge boot accessory device, comprising: a ready mix concrete truck including a concrete discharge boot having an inlet and an outlet capable of receiving and discharging concrete, said inlet being attached to a distal end of said drop chute, said outlet being attached to a proximal end of said rear discharge chute, wherein said concrete discharge boot is intercalated between said drop chute and said rear discharge chute; a concrete discharge boot accessory device including a plurality of support members; a carrier attached to said ready mix concrete truck and located above said concrete discharge boot, said carrier being engaged with a proximal end of said plurality of support members; and means for connecting a distal end of said plurality of support members to a distal end of said concrete discharge boot, said distal end of said support members being located proximate to said outlet of said concrete discharge boot; wherein said carrier cooperates with said plurality of support members and said means for connecting said distal end of said plurality of support members to said distal end of said concrete discharge boot and thereby selectively displaces said distal end of said concrete discharge boot between raised and lowered positions, relative to said outlet of said concrete discharge boot, thereby enabling access to an underside of said distal end of said concrete discharge boot without having to remove said concrete discharge boot from said ready mix concrete truck during cleaning procedures; wherein said concrete discharge boot includes a plurality of flaps, wherein said flaps are flexible and oscillate along said distal end of said concrete discharge boot.