Patent ID: 8182045

Claim:
In combination: a wheeled frame means having a rearward end, a forward end, and first and second sides; a side-dump body movably positioned on said wheeled frame means and being pivotally movable from a transport position to a dumping position; means for moving said dump body between its transport position and dumping position; said side-dump body including a front wall, having upper and lower ends, a back wall, having upper and lower ends; a bottom wall portion, first and second upstanding side wall portions, having upper and lower ends, and an open upper end; a rigid cover selectively pivotally movably positioned on said side-dump body which extends over said open upper end; said rigid cover being movable from a closed position wherein it extends over said open upper end of said side-dump body to an open position at one side of said side-dump body to enable said side-dump body to pivotally move between its said transport position to its dumping position; said rigid cover including an upstanding front support having upper and lower ends, an upstanding back support having upper and lower ends, and a top cover portion which is secured to and which extends between the upper ends of said front support and said back support; said front support having spaced-apart first and second lower ends; said back support having spaced-apart first and second lower ends; said first and second lower ends of said front support being selectively operatively pivotally secured to said wheeled frame means at said first and second sides thereof; said first and second lower ends of said back support being selectively operatively pivotally secured to said wheeled frame means at said first and second sides thereof.