Land vehicles: dumping – Hopper type
Patent
1994-11-16
1997-08-12
Merritt, Karen B.
Land vehicles: dumping
Hopper type
280789, 296184, 298 7, 298 27, B60P 156
Patent
active
RE0355801
ABSTRACT:
An improved tractor-trailer assembly utilizes a trailer bottom wall having a drop center portion which is located rearwardly of the longitudinal midpoint of the trailer. The bottom wall of the cargo container is attached to and suspended from the upper edges of the side wall of the trailer. In one form of the invention, the bottom wall has a rectangular cross-sectional configuration, and in another form of the invention, the bottom wall has an arcuate U-shaped cross-sectional configuration.
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Copy supplied during prosecution of parent application S.N. 07/901,125.
Heider Craig J.
Heider Dale J.
Heider Leon J.
Heider Merle J.
Krizek Janice L.
Merritt Karen B.
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