Patent ID: 6905175

Claim:
A bidirectional side dump trailer comprising: (a) a wheeled frame having a forward end, a rearward end and opposite sides; (b) first and second forward tub supports mounted on the opposite sides of the front portion of said wheeled frame; (c) first and second rearward tub supports mounted on the opposite sides of the rear portion of said wheeled frame; (d) a containment tub for receiving material to be dumped and having an open top and front and rear end walls; (e) locking means mounted on opposite sides of said tub and said trailer for releasable securement of said tub to said frame; (f) tub lifting means comprised of at least two power cylinders having lower ends pivotally secured to portions of said trailer and upper ends pivotally secured to the bottom of said containment tub; and (g) said at least two power cylinders positioned at an inclined angle with respect to one another such that the upper ends of said cylinders are farther apart than the lower ends of said cylinders.