Patent ID: 6059372
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B60P,B65D

Abstract:
A bulk material transporting hopper trailer, comprising:a wheeled frame means having a rearward end, a forward end, at least a pair of opposite side wall members, and at least a pair of end wall members extending downward toward the center of the trailer;at least one hopper bottom mounted on said wheeled frame means below said side wall members and said end wall members for discharge of materials;said hopper bottom having end walls and side walls extending downwardly and inwardly from the lower ends of said end wall members and said side wall members wherein upper ends of said side walls of said hopper bottom have an inverted U-shaped support member which is secured to a U-shaped support frame attaching member in said wheeled frame means;said hopper bottom defining a discharge opening at the lower end thereof;said side walls and end walls of said hopper bottom being shaped such that they direct the flow of said materials by gravity into said discharge opening; andsaid hopper bottom being comprised of a fiber reinforced plastic material.