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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Jerald G. Zanzig, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Marcel G. Stragier, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
John W. Pickrell, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Abstract
A loader assembly carried by a semi trailer having a chassis, a body carried by the chassis, a forward end, and a rearward end, the forward end of the chassis coupled to a towing vehicle having a cab, the loader assembly including a pair of forwardly extendible, generally horizontal arms overlying the cab, each arm having a first end coupled to the semi trailer proximate the forward end, and a second end extending forwardly passed the cab. The arms are pivotable about a horizontal axis between a raised position rearward of the cab and a lowered position. A lifting assembly is coupled to the arms for engaging refuse containers forward of the cab in the lowered position and discharging refuse containers rearward of the cab and into the body in the raised position.