Patent ID: 7845482

Claim:
A portable material transport vehicle dump system comprising: a longitudinally extending frame having a first end and a second end, the frame carrying a material conveying system generally from the first end to the second end, the first end of the frame being in close proximity to a ground surface; a grate supported by the frame near the first end of the frame, the grate being positioned over a portion of the conveying system; and a pair of ramps connected to the frame on opposite sides of and aligned with the grate, each ramp of the pair of ramps having a first portion engageable with the ground surface and a second portion supportable above the ground surface, the second portion defining, in combination with the grate, a drive over surface for a material transport vehicle when the second portion is in a first lowered position, the first portion comprising a U-shaped frame having a pair of side frame members and an end frame member connected between the pair of side frame members at an end of each side frame member that is spaced from the longitudinally extending frame, the end frame member defining a height above the ground surface, an end portion of the drive over surface of the second portion of each ramp positioned adjacent to the end frame member of the U-shaped frame when the second portion of each ramp is in the first lowered position, the second portion of each ramp pivotable away from the first portion while the first portion remains in contact with the ground surface.