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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399038 | Mortar buggy with stake bed assembly A mortar buggy with stake bed assembly provides a removable flat heavy duty base platform and a rear panel that can be fitted onto the chassis of an existing mortar buggy or similar conveyance in place of a hopper. The stake bed assembly provides removable front and... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7201453 | Mortar buggy with stake bed assembly A mortar buggy with stake bed assembly provides a removable flat heavy duty base platform and a rear panel that can be fitted onto the chassis of an existing mortar buggy or similar conveyance in place of a hopper. The stake bed assembly provides removable front and... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7093876 | Tailgate lift-assist assembly A tailgate lift-assist assembly is provided for a tailgate mounted to a vehicle body. The tailgate is movable between a closed position and an open position. The tailgate lift-assist assembly includes a spring having a first spring end and a second spring end. The s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6929329 | Dump trailer gate for trucks A dump trailer gate for trucks having a gate door movably positioned within a dump door opening of a dump door. A first lever is securely attached to the gate door extending downwardly therefrom. When a front end of a scoop of a bucket loader applies pressure onto t... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6666491 | Tailgate lock-open mechanism A tailgate lock-open system is provided in the form of a locking system for each tailgate opening cylinder of a rear discharging refuse collection truck body with a top hinged pivoting tailgate and having fluid-operated cylinders connected between the ref... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6648420 | Tailgate apparatus for a dumpster-type dump truck A tailgate apparatus pivotally connected to a dump truck for automatically opening and closing a tailgate mounted at the rear of a dumpster box which, in the conventional mode of use, is supportively engaged atop and slidably or rollably removable from a ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6581999 | Receptacle extension apparatus and method The volume capacity of a hook lift or roll-off truck container body is increased temporarily by vertical extension of the container body's walls and rear door. The extension includes three walls and another door which are firmly attached to the top edges ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6572197 | Vehicle latch assembly A vehicle latch assembly for a vehicle that has a cargo bed with a gate that is pivotal between a horizontal transporting condition and an inverted dumping condition. The vehicle latch assembly includes a latch for keeping the gate closed when the cargo b... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6412877 | Dump truck tailgate apparatus operable as either a rotatable or pivotable gate An apparatus for remotely operating a heavy duty tailgate on a heavy-duty dump truck body incorporates a power-assisted mechanism to remotely unlatch the tailgate for unloading of the truck body contents and to remotely latch the tailgate during transit. ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 5934731 | Discharge control for the tail gate of a truck A discharge control apparatus for the rear slide gate on the tail gate of a truck box comprises a rod mounted horizontally across the tailgate from a free beyond one side of the tail gate. The rod is formed in two portions which can divided as a coupler b... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5823630 | Pivot lip dump gate A pivot lip dump gate for the dump body of a dump truck, trailer or the like comprises a split gate including a large upper hinged gate portion and a hinged lower gate or lip which serves the double function of guiding contents rearwardly from the dump bo... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5498067 | Lifting latch hinge for tailgate on refuse hauler/compactor A combination lifting hinge and latching mechanism for a tailgate used on a refuse hauler and compactor. A hydraulically operated lifting hinge is comprised of three principle components, namely, a hydraulic cylinder, a bell crank and a cam plate secured ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5407251 | Dump truck tailgate A tailgate assembly is disclosed for use with a dump truck which has a bed, two side walls and a bed opening, and also has an obstruction, such as a tag wheel assembly, spaced relatively closely to the bed opening. The assembly comprises a tailgate pivota... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5249842 | Collector cart A collector cart includes a body having an open rear end closed by a canopy pivotally connected to the body adjacent their front ends. A tow bar, which has the body pivotally connected thereto, has a support, which has caster wheels connected thereto for ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249843 | No-bounce tailgate assembly In a tailgate assembly, a locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the assembly in response to a torque generated by a moment arm of the tailgate assembly and a force resulting from the jolting of the truck as it travels over rough terrain.... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5176486 | Combined tailgate and loader assembly for a dump truck A dump truck body has a bed and side walls defining a rear opening which is closed by a tailgate and loader unit removably attached to adaptor brackets inserted into the side walls. The unit includes a U-shaped frame supporting extendable tracks which car... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5100279 | Material handling apparatus A material handling apparatus includes a tractor/trailer vehicle which can mount and dismount ore receiving containers, which can transport the containers between a collection site and a deposit site and which can dump ore out of a container at the deposi... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5092656 | Automatic latching device for tailgate A dump truck is provided with a dump body having a tailgate. A lever arm having a first end and a second end is pivotably attached to the dump body. The first end is fixedly attached to the tailgate and the second end is attached to a latching device whic... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5080442 | Collector cart A collector cart includes a body having an open rear end, which is closed by a canopy pivotally mounted adjacent its front end on the body adjacent its front end. The body has a support pivotally connected to caster wheel supports and a tow bar attached t... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4993908 | Combined tailgate and loader assembly for a dump truck A dump truck body has a bed and side walls defining a rear opening which is closed by a tailgate and loader unit removably attached to adaptor brackets inserted into the side walls. The unit includes a U-shaped frame supporting extendable tracks which car... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4665649 | Gate operator and latch mechanism for refuse container Gate operator and latch mechanism in which a refuse container is provided with a gate which is pivotally attached to the refuse container and which normally closes an opening through which refuse is discharged from the refuse container. A latch mechanism ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4627783 | Refuse disposal apparatus and vehicle A refuse compacting system having an elongated hopper of rectangular cross-section with an ejection opening at one end, a tailgate movable for opening and closing the ejection opening, a refuse entry opening in the top of the hopper, a compactor within th... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4307541 | Tail-gate operating and locking mechanism Tail-gate operating and locking apparatus for tail-gates utilized in refuse handling vehicles. The apparatus includes hydraulically operated means with a piston rod pivotally connected to the tail-gate and a cylinder pivotally connected to a latch mechani... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4186958 | Dump-truck tail gate spread chain release device My dump-truck Tail Gate Spread Chain Release has oppositely spaced bearing members mounted to the dump-truck tail gate adjacent the bottom edge thereof. A chain release holding and release toggle member is pivotably mounted between said spaced bearing mem... | 02/05/1980 |
| 3990739 | Door control mechanism A rear door control mechanism for a stack-forming implement having a compressor roof first raises the door vertically to unlatch it and then rotates the door about an elevated and horizontally transverse axis to permit stack unloading. The door control me... | 11/09/1976 |
