Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body securing device
Patent
1976-02-23
1978-01-31
Johnson, Richard J.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body securing device
214515, 298220, B60P 134, B60P 164
Patent
active
040712745
ABSTRACT:
A system for removably and pivotally securing a truck body onto the bed of a truck is provided in which the truck body is automatically locked to the bed of the truck as the truck body is lowered onto the truck bed. The system comprises a plurality of guide members secured to the bottom surface of the truck body and an adapter frame secured to the truck bed which receives and guides the guide members as the truck body is lowered onto the truck bed. A plurality of latch members are pivotally secured to the guide members and automatically lock the truck body onto the adapter frame when the truck body reaches its lowermost position. An actuator is associated with each of the latch members so that actuation of the actuators unlocks the latch members and permits the removal of the truck body from the truck bed.
Preferably, the truck body is also pivotally mounted to the adapter frame and for this purpose a pair of spaced and parallel downwardly extending hooks are pivotally secured to the bottom surface of the truck body. The hooks rotatably couple around a hinge tube attached transversely across the rear end of the adapter frame while a semi-cylindrical bearing member on the truck body abuts against the hinge tube as the truck body is lowered to its lowermost position. Thus by unlocking the latch members, as previously described, the truck body may be pivoted around the hinge tube by way of the hooks and the bearing member. An actuator is associated with each hook to move the hook to an inoperative position when removal of the truck body from the truck bed is desired.
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Dalton Thomas B.
Oosterhouse Michael Jay
Pyatt Theodore Wayne
Johnson Richard J.
Westran Corporation
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