Patent ID: 7032977

Claim:
A light-duty dumping mechanism for use on a pick-up truck chassis, comprising: a powder-molded pick-up truck box bed for carrying a load, said truck box bed having a sandwiched plastic configuration formed from melted particulate material in a heated mold, said powder-molded pick-up truck box bed including an inner and an outer skin; at least one stanchion-supporting insert encapsulated within the sandwiched plastic configuration pick-up truck box bed; a lifting mechanism attached to the at least one stanchion-supporting insert encapsulated within the sandwiched plastic configuration pick-up truck box bed, said lifting mechanism also extending to and being attached to the chassis of the pick-up truck; and a pivot point between and connecting the pick-up truck chassis and the sandwiched plastic configuration pick-up truck box bed, whereby said lifting mechanism lifts against the stanchion-supporting insert and tilts the pick-up truck box bed against the pivot point so that the pick-up truck bed is able to dump any contents therein.