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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
Applicant:
The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Inventors:
Mark Fraas, Centre, AL (US);
Phillip Kendrick, Statham, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 3/02 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 3/02 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0266 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0269 (2013.01);
Abstract
A front-loading refuse vehicle includes: a chassis; a cab coupled to a portion of the chassis, a hopper coupled to the chassis of the cab, and an arm assembly configured to move a refuse container from a location on one side of the refuse collection vehicle. The arm assembly includes a refuse container holder and a boom configured to move the refuse container holder relative to the chassis between an extended position and a retracted position. The boom includes a band including a bistable material reversibly configurable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration.