Patent ID: 6907666

Claim:
A method of manufacture of a body assembly of a refuse vehicle which comprises: (a) selecting a first sheet of metal; (b) cutting a first component from the first sheet of metal; (c) cutting a first plurality of locating slots in the first component; (d) cutting a second plurality of locating slots in the first component; (e) forming a second component having a plurality of first mating structures in the form of a plurality of first tabs that are adapted to mate with the first plurality of slots in the first component when the second component has been formed, so as to uniquely locate the second component with respect to the first component, said first tabs having a length no greater than the thickness of the first sheet of metal; (f) forming a third component having a plurality of first mating structures in the form of a plurality of second tabs that are adapted to mate with the second plurality of slots in the first component when the third component has been formed, so as to uniquely locate the third component with respect to the first component, said second tabs having a length no greater than the thickness of the first sheet of metal; (g) locating the second component with respect to the first component only by mating the first tabs on the second component with the first plurality of slots in the first component; (h) locating the third component with respect to the first component only by mating the second tabs on the third component with the second plurality of slots in the first component; (i) welding the second component to the first component; (j) welding the third component to the first component.