Patent ID: 7201453

Claim:
A stake bed assembly for a mortar buggy comprising: a) a removable flat bed with an attached rear end wall and a subframe which allows the flat bed to be supported from a chassis of a mortar buggy from which a mortar hopper has been removed, said flat bed having a plurality of vertical and horizontal stakeholders along side edges thereof which can receive stake members; b) left and right removable side panels each having at least two stake members attached to said panels which extend beyond one edge of each said panels for selective insertion into said vertical stakeholders to form a hopper or into said horizontal stakeholders to form an extended flat bed; c) a front tailgate attachable to a front edge of said side panels and flat bed when said stake members on said side panels are set into the vertical stakeholders; and d) a pair of left and right extendable arms supported from said removable flat bed to support said left and right side panels when said stake members of said side panels are inserted into said horizontal stakeholders to form said extended flat bed.