Patent ID: 7878751

Claim:
A rear eject body for a haulage vehicle comprising: a floor, a pair of opposing sidewalls, and an open top, a tailgate extending between the opposing sidewalls at a rear end of the floor, the tailgate being pivotally supported for movement between an open position and a closed position, an ejector blade for movement along the floor between a retracted position at a forward end of the floor and an extended position at the rear end of the floor, and a tailgate actuation assembly for moving the tailgate between the closed and open positions in response to movement of the ejector blade between the retracted and extended positions, the tailgate actuation assembly: (a) linking the tailgate and the ejector blade when the ejector blade is in the retracted position thereby holding the tailgate in the closed position, (b) releasing the tailgate from the ejector blade as the ejector blade moves from the retracted position towards the extended position in order to facilitate opening the tailgate, and (c) reestablishing the link between the tailgate and the ejector blade as the ejector blade moves from the extended position back to the retracted position thereby pulling the tailgate from the open position back into the closed position.