Patent ID: 6705681
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A forage wagon for loading and unloading a material, the wagon comprising:a pair of opposing sidewalls connected to a front wall and a rear wall, the walls extending vertically to define a storage chamber; a bottom wall formed by two bottom doors, each of the two bottom door having inner and outer edges, the outer edges pivotally connected to the opposing sidewalls; each of the two bottom doors being operable between a closed position for loading and an open position for unloading, the bottom doors rotating from the closed position to the open position under gravity, the closed position defined by the inner edges mating to form a substantially continuous bottom wall, the open position defined by the inner edges being spaced apart to form a bottom opening for unloading the material; wherein the rear wall includes a rear door, the rear door having a top edge and a bottom edge, the bottom edge mating with the bottom doors, the rear door pivotally mounted adjacent the top edge; and wherein the rear door includes a latch arm positioned to engage the bottom doors when in the closed position, movement of the bottom doors from the closed position to the open position freeing the latch arm and allowing the rear door to rotate, the latch releasing the rear door for pivotal movement upon release of the bottom doors from the closed position to the open position.