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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2001
Method of converting a refuse collection body to a semi-trailer and a refuse collection semi-trailer
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marcel G. Stragier, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/306 ; B21K 2/116 ; B21K 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 5/306 ; B21K 2/116 ; B21K 2/300 ;
Abstract
A method of converting a refuse collection body into a semi-trailer. A refuse collection body having a front end and a rear end, and a frame extending along a bottom of the body from adjacent the front end to adjacent the rear end is provided. A king pin is mounted to the frame proximate the front end for attachment to a fifth wheel of a tractor and an axle assembly is mounted to the frame proximate the rear end.