Patent ID: 6199929
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
In combination a plurality of sideboard brackets for mounting supporting planks of varying or diverse thickness onto a transport vehicle having a dump box and rigidly supporting said planks in an orthogonal orientation relative to each other and a dump box top rail while supporting a load against said supporting planks and said brackets when said dump box is in a transport position and further allowing dumping of said load from said transport vehicle between ones of said plurality of sideboard brackets when said dump box is in a dumping position, comprising:a front bracket having a corner point where three orthogonal planar surfaces converge, a first one of said three orthogonal planar surfaces comprising a first vertical wall extending vertically and longitudinally of said transport vehicle and a second one of said three orthogonal planar surfaces comprising a second vertical wall extending vertically and transverse of said transport vehicle, said first and second ones of said three orthogonal planar surfaces further comprising attachment points to which said supporting planks may be rigidly mounted, said third orthogonal planar surface comprising a horizontal base forming an ""L"" shape having first and second legs, said first leg which extends longitudinally farther than in a transverse direction and said second leg which extends farther transversely than longitudinally, said third orthogonal planar surface further comprising attachment points for attachment to said transport vehicle; anda tailgate bracket having a corner point where three orthogonal planar surfaces converge, a first one of said three orthogonal planar surfaces comprising a first vertical wall having a height, a width parallel to said vehicle longitudinal axis and a thickness, a second one of said three orthogonal planar surfaces comprising a second vertical wall having a height and a width transverse to said vehicle and a thickness, said first and second ones of said three orthogonal planar surfaces further comprising attachment points to which said supporting planks may be rigidly mounted, said third orthogonal planar surface comprising a horizontal base which extends farther parallel to said vehicle longitudinal axis than transverse, said third orthogonal planar surface further comprising attachment points for attachment to said transport vehicle.