Patent ID: 6905174

Claim:
A safety support device for securing a dump body pivotally mounted on a truck chassis frame in an elevated position above the chassis frame, said safety support device positionable on the truck chassis frame when the dump body is in the elevated position, said safety support device comprising: a base platform; a shank having a bottom end, a middle portion, and a top end, the bottom end of said shank is attached to said base platform; a brace having a bottom end, a middle portion, and a top end, the bottom end of said brace is attached to said base platform and the top end of said brace is attached to the middle portion of said shank; a channel rest pivotally attached to the top end of said shank; a bolt attaching together said channel rest to the top end of said shank; a nut attached to said bolt; a first safety chain having a proximate and distal end, the proximate end of said first safety chain is attached to the middle portion of said brace; a second safety chain having a proximate and distal end, the proximate end of said second safety chain is attached to the middle portion of said brace; a first hook attached to the distal end of said first safety chain; and a second hook attached to the distal end of said second safety chain.