Patent ID: 6749267
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A truck bed dumping system for converting a vehicle having a bed positioned behind a cab of the vehicle into a dump truck, said system comprising:a support structure having a front bar, a rear bar, and a top bar, each of said front and rear bars having a top end and a bottom end; a front pulley member being rotatably coupled to said front bar and positioned adjacent to said top end; a rear pulley member being rotatably coupled to said rear bar and positioned generally adjacent to said top end; a coupler being fixedly coupled to the forward section of the bed and being centrally positioned adjacent to a bottom edge of the forward section; a pair of support members being fixedly coupled to a bottom surface of a rear section of the bed and being positioned generally adjacent to outside edges of the bed; a lifting means having a drum portion being fixedly coupled to the front portion of the frame of the vehicle and positioned adjacent said bottom end of said front bar; a cable for raising and lowering the forward section of the bed having a first end and a second end, said cable being wound about said drum portion of said lifting means and abutting each of said pulley members; wherein when said lifting means rotates in a first direction said cable is wound about said drum portion and the forward section of the bed is pivotally moved toward a raised position; wherein when said lifting means rotates in a second direction said cable is unwound from said drum portion, the forward section of the bed is pivotally moved toward a lowered position; and an actuator for controlling said lifting means being positioned in the cab of the vehicle.