Patent ID: 6179385
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
In combination:a wheeled frame means having a rearward end, a forward end, and first and second sides;said frame means including first and second elongated, longitudinally extending frame members;a first upstanding support having upper and lower ends;said first support secured to said first frame member and extending upwardly therefrom;a second upstanding support having upper and lower ends;said second support secured to said first frame member and extending upwardly therefrom in a spaced-apart relationship with respect to said first support;a dump boy positioned between said first and second supports and being movable from a transport position to a dumping position;said dump body including a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, and first and second side walls;said upper end of said first support being pivotally secured to said back wall adjacent said first side wall;said upper end of said second support being pivotally secured to said front wall adjacent said first side wall;a first elongated hydraulic cylinder, having upper and lower ends, operatively pivotally secured at its lower end to said frame means and extending upwardly therefrom;said upper end of said first hydraulic cylinder being pivotally secured to said back wall laterally inwardly of the pivotal connection of said first support and said back wall;a second elongated hydraulic cylinder, having upper and lower ends, operatively pivotally secured at its lower end to said frame means and extending upwardly therefrom;said upper end of said second hydraulic cylinder being pivotally secured to said front wall laterally inwardly of the pivotal connection of said second support and said front wall;said first and second hydraulic cylinders normally being in a retracted condition, but being movable to an extended position whereby said dump body will pivotally move with respect to said first and second supports and will pivotally move laterally with respect to a longitudinal axis of said frame means from its transport position to its dumping position so that material in said body will be dumped therefrom laterally of said frame means.