Patent ID: 6315514
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B60J,B60P

Abstract:
An adjustable bow lift apparatus for use with a cotton module truck, said truck comprising: a cab, a chassis, a tilt chain bed frame and a rigid longitudinally extending support frame, said support frame having pivot means at a rearward end thereof for pivotal attachment to the bed frame, powered left means attached between the support frame and the bed frame for pivoting the bed frame with decking being mounted on the bed frame, a transverse front bulk head extending vertically upward from a forward end of said bed frame and having opposite longitudinally extending sidewalls projecting vertically upward from said bed frame, a plurality of bow frames detachably attached to a top of said side walls and supporting a canvas cover top, the bow lift apparatus having a frame and being mounted on pivot means spaced forwardly of terminal ends & atop the opposite side walls for movement between a rest position atop the sidewalls and a raised position wherein said bow lift apparatus extends angularly upward from said side walls, elevating means arranged between opposite bottom longitudinal plates of the bow lift frame and sidewalls for pivotally raising and lowering the bow lift apparatus and a guide means for guiding the bow lift apparatus into the rest position whereby clearance for a cotton module is provided when the bow lift apparatus is in the raised position during discharge of the cotton module from the truck.