Abstract: An attachment mounting structure is provided for cargo bed and sprayer assembly attachments usable on a utility vehicle adapted for use in turf related applications. The structure includes pivotable supports between each attachment and the vehicle frame that permit them to be interchangeably mounted on the vehicle. The structure further includes a connection on each attachment that permits it to be secured to a hydraulic cylinder carried by the vehicle, thereby allowing the attachment to be tilted upward and rearwardly so as to provide access to the engine and/or related drive components carried beneath the attachment. The mounting structure also permits the two attachments to be quickly and easily interchanged so that the vehicle could be better utilized.

Abstract: A weighing apparatus with pneumatic cylinder and piston assemblies for lifting a hinged platform includes a self-deploying mechanism to secure the platform in the raised position, a mechanism for remotely repositioning the self-deploying securing mechanism to enable lowering of the platform, and a control mechanism to remotely activate the lifting and securing of the platform and the unsecuring and lowering of the platform and to prevent unauthorized operation. The self-deploying securing mechanism includes an arm pivotally connected to the underside of the platform and arranged so that the other, free end of the arm pivots to a position to secure the platform when the platform is raised to a pre-determined height. The repositioning mechanism includes a pneumatic cylinder and piston assembly mounted perpendicular to the cylinder and piston assembly used to lift the platform.

Abstract: A trailer for a dumping vehicle having a front and a rear for unloading of materials. The trailer includes a tapered bottom floor extending between the front and the rear, the bottom floor at the rear being wider than at the front. A pair of opposed sidewalls extend from the bottom floor, each sidewall at an obtuse angle to the bottom floor.

Abstract: A safety apparatus to be mounted on a chassis of a dump vehicle having a dump back movable between a rest position and a dump position. The safety apparatus has a guide member attached to the vehicle chassis to define a closed track. There is a safety prop pivotally attached to the dump back. At the bottom of the safety prop a wheel or the like is attached and is received by and engages the guide member. There is a locking member to retain the safety prop and thus the dump back in a fixed position relative to the guide member when the back is raised to the dump position. The locking member acts to prevent downward movement of the back.

Abstract: A box latch and prop rod is provided for a tiltable cargo box of a utility vehicle. The single rod is fixedly mounted on the vehicle, and slidably movable between a first position where it supports the box in its tilted orientation, and a second position where it locks the box to the vehicle frame for transport or operation. The rod includes a biasing mounting that urges its latching structure towards engagement with a compatible latching structure carried on the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for providing an extension to the frame of a heavy-duty, off-road vehicle such that the frame is accessible from the posterior area of the vehicle for pushing or pulling. By providing such an extension, the vehicle may pull or be pushed, pulled or bumped without risking damage to the body of the vehicle which typically overhangs the most rearward portion of the frame. In order to allow for rotation of the body to dump loads, the extension is operably coupled to the body and frame such that it is automatically rotated to an out-of-the-way position during the dumping of a load.

Abstract: A main tail lock for a hydraulic tail trailer comprising a pair of spaced-apart locks which are pivotally secured to the frame of the tail and which are pivoted between locked and unlocked positions by a lock cylinder. When the locks are in their unlocked position, the tail cylinders for the tail may raise or lower the tail of the trailer. When the locks are in their locked position, the tail cylinders are prevented from retracting thereby preventing the lowering of the tail with respect to the main frame of the trailer.

Abstract: A scissor frame lift for pivotally moving a dump body hingedly secured to a truck frame comprising upper and lower frame assemblies having the rearward ends thereof pivotally secured together and which are pivotally moved relative to one another by a hydraulic cylinder operatively interconnecting the upper and lower frame assemblies. The lower frame assembly includes a pair of elongated frame members, the forward ends of which are operatively pivotally or rotatably secured to mounts secured to the frame members of the truck frame. The upper frame assembly includes a pair of frame members, the forward ends of which are operatively connected to mounts secured to the runsills of the truck body. The distance between the rearward ends of the frame members of the lower frame assembly is substantially less than the distance between the frame members of the truck frame and is substantially less than the distance between the forward ends of the frame members of the lower frame assembly.

Abstract: A see-saw motion loading device for a loading platform makes use of an auxiliary chassis installable on the frame of a vehicle carrier. At least one see-saw motion rocking member cooperates with a fixed base, and preferably also with a base movable towards and away from the fixed base. A device, such as a hydraulic jack or the like is provided for opening and closing of the see-saw motion rocking member.

Abstract: A double-decked apparatus has a base (4), and a movable deck (6) is rotatably connected, at one end, to one end of the base. Automobiles can be positioned on the base (4) and on the movable deck (6). The movable deck can rotate between a first position, where it is laid upon the base and positioned substantially parallel thereto, and a second position, where it is inclined upwardly. The apparatus is also provided with support rods (8, 9) which can hold the movable deck in the second position. Two automobiles can be mounted on this apparatus, one above the other. The apparatus can, therefore, help to achieve an efficient use of the space within a transport container.

Abstract: 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 to a riding lawn mower hitch bar. Telescoping chutes connect the mower outlet with a canopy port to fill the cart with debris. When the cart is to be dumped, a linkage mechanism is activated by an operator, who remains on the mower, raising a lift handle to initially cause rearward shifting of the canopy relative to the body to release a locking connection of the rear of the canopy to the rear of the body. The body is released from its tow bar at the same time so that continued raising of the lift handle by the operator causes the body to pivot to a dumping position while the canopy pivots away from the body due to a rope of a fixed length connecting the front of the canopy to the mower.

Abstract: A safety support and stop assembly for securing a dump body pivotally mounted on a truck chassis frame in an elevated position above the chassis frame so as to permit a mechanic to work safely on components of the truck while the dump bed is in the elevated position. The safety support and stop assembly comprises an upright support member, a cradle support assembly and a base assembly. The upright support member is characterized as having an upper bed engaging support end and a lower pivot end. The lower pivot end is pivotally connected to the cradle support assembly such that the upright support member is disposed in a selectable angular disposition relative to the truck chassis frame. The base assembly, which is removably supported on the truck chassis frame, supports the cradle assembly at a preselected position along the truck chassis frame.

Abstract: Stabilizing apparatus for a dump vehicle including a dump box pivotally movable about a frame between lowered and elevated conditions utilizes two leg members each having two end sections which are movable relative to one another in a telescoping fashion and hydraulic cylinders for telescopically moving the end sections of each leg members relative to one another. One end of each leg member is connectable to the dump box adjacent a corresponding side thereof for pivotal movement relative thereto between a first condition at which the leg member is positioned generally alongside the box for storage and a second condition at which the leg member extends angularly downwardly from the box for engagement of the other end section of the leg member with the ground.

Abstract: A vehicle boom lock is disclosed for holding a boom assembly in a retracted transport position on an implement carrying swing frame. The boom lock includes a slotted coupling joint on the swing frame, and a deflectable cable assembly which extends cantileverably from the boom assembly for automatically interlockingly engaging the slotted coupling joint in response to pivotal movement of the boom assembly to the retracted position. A release mechanism can be manually manipulated from an operator station to conveniently disengage the cable assembly from the slotted coupling joint.

Abstract: A pit-mounted dockboard which eliminates the need for a conventional sub-frame and has an improved mechanism for retracting the cross traffic legs when the ramp is moved to a downwardly inclined below dock level position. The dockboard includes a ramp hinged to the supporting structure and movable from a horizontal cross traffic position to an upwardly inclined position and to a downwardly inclined below dock level position. A pair of cross traffic legs are pivoted to the forward portion of the ramp and are movable between an upright supporting position and a rearwardly pivoted retracted position. The cross traffic legs when in the supporting position engage the bottom of the pit in the loading dock to support the ramp in the cross traffic position. Locking means are engageable with the cross traffic legs to prevent the cross traffic legs from being pivoted to the retracted position when the ramp is in the cross traffic position.

Abstract: In front loaders designed for drive-in attachment to tractors, two telescopic struts are pivotable between a stowed retracted position alongside the boom assembly which carries the bucket; a first deployed extended position for supporting the rear end of the detachable main portion of the loader, aided by auxiliary struts, when it is not attached to the tractor; and a second deployed extended position, in which the struts engage with abutments on the sub-frame which carries both the boom assembly and the hydraulic cylinders for pivoting the boom assembly and are secured to said cylinders, for locking the boom assembly in its fully raised position whilst the detachable main portion is attached to the tractor.

Abstract: Tractor front loaders have sometimes been provided with struts enabling them to be locked in raised position. These struts have had to be moved bodily between operative and inoperative positions. To avoid the need for bodily movement, the struts are made telescopic and are pivotable on loader support frames fixed to opposite sides of the tractor. Loader booms, and the rams of ram-and-cylinder assemblies for pivoting the booms, are pivotable on the support frames in known manner. The struts comprise inner and outer channel sections and are pivotable between retracted inoperative positions in which they are secured to the support frames and extended operative positions in which they are secured in contact with the adjacent ends of the cylinders of the extended assemblies.

Abstract: An eductor truck having a frame with a settling tank pivotally mounted thereon. The settling tank having an eductor unit and a valve for the eductor mounted on the tank. The valve has an arm which can be used manually or by use of a hydraulic unit to operate the valve. A storage unit is mounted on the frame adjacent the settling tank. Pivoting means and door latching means are also provided.

Abstract: An automatic locking pin retraction mechanism for a skid-steer loader is disclosed wherein the locking pins for locking the loader boom arms in an elevated position will be automatically retracted under conditions where the locking pins are extended into the path of movement of the boom arms and the boom arms are below the locking pins and moving upwardly toward engagement with the locking pins, so as to avoid engagement between the boom arms and the locking pins. The retraction mechanism includes a pivotally mounted first member engageable with one of the boom arms and a link interconnecting the first member and a mechanism for simultaneously actuating the locking pins. Pivotal movement of the first member caused by engagement with the boom arm effects a retraction of the locking pins before the boom arms can engage therewith. An over-center spring arrangement is provided to bias the first member in the engagement position or in a neutral position, depending on the position of the first member.

Abstract: A bulldozer and backhoe locking device for prevention of theft of heavy equipment having hydraulic pistons and cylinders by locking the blade or bucket against the ground by placement of an elongated sleeve pivoted together along one edge over the extended piston rod for engagement against the end of the piston and cylinder assembly and the boom of the backhoe or the blade of the bulldozer.

Abstract: A pivoted wedge for blocking up the dumping platform of a truck in dumping position. The wedge comprises a main body in which are rotatably mounted a pair of driven rollers designed for riding on the frame of the truck and allowing translation of the body along the frame, and a driving roller designed for riding on the frame of the dumping platform. The driving roller which forms part of the wedge, positively engages the driven rollers and rotates them in the opposite direction towards the junction between the frame of the truck and the frame of the platform when the dumping platform is moving down, thus causing movement of the wedge towards said junction and self-blocking of the platform in dumping position. This wedge which automatically blocks up to the platform of a truck in dumping position in the case of failure of the hydraulic mechanism used for rising up the platform, can advantageously be used as safety device by a mechanic who has to work under the platform of a dumping truck.

Abstract: A safety or lock pin operatively engaged in a portion of the vehicle adjacent to the vehicle lift arm and coupled to the vehicle frame. The safety or lock pin is inserted into the portion associated with the vehicle frame so that the lift arm is prevented from lowering past the safety pin. A retaining pin is engageable in a bracket positioned adjacent the opening for the safety pin to retain the safety pin in its operative position. When in an inoperative position the safety pin is carried in a bracket secured to the vehicle frame and having an aperture through which the retainer pin passes to insure that the safety pin does not become lost during vehicle operation. Suitable safety chains couple the retaining pin to the safety pin, and the safety pin to the vehicle frame to insure that neither pin becomes separated or lost.

Abstract: A locking member is disclosed that is selectively operable to secure the loader boom arms in a raised position for service or repair. The locking member is pivotally connected to a boom arm for movement to an operative position between the boom arm and its respective lift cylinder where it is restrained in compression between the boom arm and lift cylinder to latch the boom arm in a raised position against collapsing movement. The locking member includes a pair of spaced apart, parallel, and aligned mounting plates, each being generally in the form of a right triangle and a generally U-shaped yoke fixed between the mounting plates and extending along opposed corresponding sides of the mounting plates for a part of their length.

Abstract: A prop assembly including an elongated prop leg is provided having one end pivotally mounted to an associated vehicle dump bed for swinging movement between a first generally horizontal retracted position when the dump bed is in its lowered position and a second depending operative position with one end of the leg inclined downwardly when the load bed is in a raised inclined dumping position. Structure is provided for limiting swinging movement of the leg toward its lowered operative position with the leg angularly displaced relative to the bed less than that angular displacement from the retracted position of the leg which would allow the leg to depend vertically downwardly from the bed.

Abstract: Safety supporting devices to automatically securely maintain the rearwardly tilted elevated condition of the cargo dumping box of overland drayage vehicles are provided. The safety supporting device comprises an elongated multi-teeth rack freely pivotably depending from the dump box rearward portion and automatically securely engageable with a detent rigidly mounted to the vehicle chassis. The rack and detent combination maintains the selected degree of dump box rearward tilt. When it is later desired to allow the dump box to descend, vehicular personnel actuatably withdraw the rack from the detent, including desirable optional provision for remotely controlled withdrawal initiatable from the drayman's station e.g. the operator's cab of a dump truck.

Abstract: Provided is a brace for preventing a truck body from falling when raised above its chassis for maintenance, inspection or servicing. The brace includes a support column, one end of which is pivotally connected to a body longsill and the other end is retained by a release mechanism located on the body for holding the column in riding position. Provided on the chassis is a retainer for securely retaining the column when it extends between the body (when raised) and chassis as a brace to prevent the body from falling. A stop is provided for limiting the pivot angle of the column. The brace is installed in supporting position without an operator having to locate any portion of his body under the truck body while raised. This is accomplished by actuating the release mechanism to release the column. The body is then raised from remote control location and the column pivots until it abuts its stop mechanism which locates the lower end of the column above the retainer on the chassis.

Abstract: A boom prop for supporting in an elevated position a pair of boom arms interconnected by a cross tube, including a link pivotally mounted on a vehicle with a saddle member secured to its free end capable of engaging and supporting the cross tube. An adjustable stop means positions the saddle member in the path of the cross tube so that the link and saddle are cammed out of the path of the cross tube as the boom arms are raised and gravity returns the saddle to the position determined by the stop means when the boom arms are subsequently lowered.

Abstract: A brace for supporting a dump body of a vehicle including means for attaching the brace to a long sill of the body, means for supporting the weight of the body on the vehicle chassis, shaft means rotatably attaching the support means to the attaching means, means for retaining the support means on the long sill of the body and means normally biasing said retaining means into engagement with the long sill of the body. The brace is lowered into position by pulling against the biasing means until the retaining means are disengaged from the body long sill and rotating the brace to its down position. The brace is raised by pulling against the bias, rotating the brace to its retained position and allowing the biasing means to lock the brace into position.

Abstract: A dump body vehicle module for connection to a tractor module to form a complete vehicle. The dump body module includes a horizontally disposed frame with wheels adjacent one end and a coupling portion adjacent the other end for connecting it to a tractor module. A dump body is pivotally mounted on the frame for movement between a carrying position and a dumping position and hydraulic actuators are provided to move the dump body between the two positions. A pair of leg members are pivotally mounted on the dump body for movement between three positions, one a leg storage position, another for supporting the module on the ground, and the third for supporting the dump body in an elevated position relative to the frame.

Abstract: A support for lift arms of a tractor mounted loader comprising a tractor frame, lift arms for supporting a loader bucket, said lift arms being pivotally mounted to said frame of the tractor, a pin embedded in said lift arm, and a link pivotally mounted to said frame of the tractor said link having an opening formed therein which is engageable with said pin and also a relatively small hole formed therein wherein said link is adapted to be accommodated on said frame when said lift arms are lowered.

Abstract: A stopper device for a vessel of a dump truck comprises a wire rope connected to the rear end portion of the vessel and having a ring formed at the free end thereof. A retaining member projects from a rear axle tube and is adapted to be engageable with and disengageable from the ring, whereby the weight of the stopper is significantly reduced and the vessel can be easily held at a rearwardly tilted position when required.

Abstract: A scissor frame lift for pivotally moving a dump body hingedly secured to a truck frame comprising upper and lower frame assemblies having the rearward ends thereof pivotally secured together and which are pivotally moved relative to one another by a hydraulic cylinder operatively interconnecting the upper and lower frame assemblies. The lower frame assembly includes a pair of elongated frame members, the forward ends of which are operatively pivotally or rotatably secured to mounts secured to the frame members of the truck frame. The upper frame assembly includes a pair of frame members, the forward ends of which are operatively connected to mounts secured to the runsills of the truck body. The distance between the rearward ends of the frame members of the lower frame assembly is substantially less than the distance between the frame members of the truck frame and is substantially less than the distance between the forward ends of the frame members of the lower frame assembly.