Patent ID: 7326023

Claim:
A rear eject body for a vehicle comprising: a container comprising a floor, a pair of opposing sidewalls and an open top for receiving material into the body, an ejector blade supported in the rear eject body for movement between a retracted position at a forward end of the container and an extended position at a rear end of the container, a tailgate extending between the opposing sidewalls at a rear of the container and pivotally supported by the container for rotation about an axis at or below a lower edge of the floor of the container for rotating the tailgate downwardly, allowing the material in the container to be ejected from the container by the ejector blade's movement from the retracted position to the extended position; and a plurality of sleds connected to the ejector blade, each sled connected to the ejector blade for movement independent of movement by the other sleds, and received in one of a pair of guide tracks and each guide track being arranged on an inside surface of a respective one of the sidewalls, wherein the sleds slide in guide tracks and thereby guide the ejector blade as the ejector blade moves between the retracted and extended positions.