Patent ID: 7722125

Claim:
A side dumping haul body, comprising: a floor comprising fore and aft ends that are spaced in a longitudinal dimension, wherein a lateral dimension is orthogonal to said longitudinal dimension, and wherein said floor is liftable in said lateral dimension; a first sidewall movable relative to said floor; a first actuator interconnected with said first sidewall; a first sidewall pivot axis, wherein said first sidewall is detachably interconnectable with said floor, and wherein said first sidewall is pivotable relative to said floor about said first sidewall pivot axis when said first sidewall is disconnected from said floor; a first side dump axis, wherein said floor is pivotable about said first side dump axis; a first link that is pivotable about a chassis-to-first link axis, wherein said first link is pivotally interconnected with said first sidewall through a first sidewall-to-first link pivot axis, wherein said first sidewall pivot axis, said first side dump axis and said chassis-to-first link axis are spaced from each other; a second sidewall movable relative to said floor, wherein said second sidewall is spaced from said first sidewall in said lateral direction, wherein said first actuator is also interconnected with said second sidewall; a second sidewall pivot axis, wherein said second sidewall is detachably interconnectable with said floor, and wherein said second sidewall is pivotable relative to said floor about said second sidewall pivot axis when said second sidewall is disconnected from said floor; a second side dump axis, wherein said floor is pivotable about said second side dump axis; a second link that is pivotable about a chassis-to-second link axis, wherein said second link is pivotally interconnected with said second sidewall through a second sidewall-to-second link pivot axis, wherein said second sidewall pivot axis, said second side dump axis and said chassis-to-second link axis are spaced from each other; an aft end wall interconnected with said floor; and a fore end wall interconnected with said floor, wherein said first sidewall is pivotally interconnected with said fore end wall and said aft end wall, wherein said second sidewall is pivotally interconnected with said fore end wall and said aft end wall; wherein activation of said first actuator with said side dumping body in a first configuration lifts an entirety of said first sidewall at least generally away from said floor to define a first discharge opening, and wherein activation of said first actuator with said side dumping body in a second configuration lifts an entirety of said second sidewall at least generally away from said floor to define a second discharge opening.