Patent ID: 8333434
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
1. A rear dump trailer comprising: a frame; a plurality of road-engaging wheels rotatably mounted on the frame; a trailer body which is pivotally mounted on the frame, which has front and rear ends and which comprises a bottom wall, a front wall, and left and right side walls; an interior chamber defined by the bottom wall, front wall and sidewalls and extending from adjacent the front end to adjacent the rear end; a rear gate which is mounted on the trailer body adjacent the rear end and movable between rear gate open and closed positions; an inner gate which is mounted on the trailer body within the interior chamber, which substantially divides the interior chamber into a forward compartment and a rearward compartment, and which is movable between inner gate open and closed positions; a doorway which is formed through the inner gate and communicates with the forward and rearward compartments; a door which is mounted on the inner gate and which is movable between a door closed position in which the door covers the doorway and a door open position adapted to allow a person to pass through the doorway; and a latching mechanism for releasably securing the door in the closed position.