Truck Front End Attachment Mount
OwnerBill B. Cunagininventor
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Abstract
An attachment mount for the front end of a truck, which can fit trucks with full-width or tapering chassis. The attachment mount may include a front member for supporting a front-end truck attachment, and a distribution member, The distribution member may be attached to the vehicle chassis and to the front member, so that the attachment mount spreads stresses originating from downwardly-directed forces exerted on the front member by the attachment, to the front portion of the vehicle chassis.
Claims11
A method for securing an attachment mount to the front end of a Class 4-8 truck having a vehicle chassis tapering, height-wise, at its front portion, comprising the steps of:
- providing a front member configured to support a front-end truck attachment, the front member connecting to a portion of the tapering vehicle chassis;
- providing a distribution member located at the front portion of the vehicle chassis, the distribution member at least indirectly attached to the vehicle chassis and to the front member, wherein the distribution member is elongated in a direction extending longitudinally along the length of the vehicle chassis;
- wherein the front member and the distribution member comprise the attachment mount, and further comprising the step of connecting a front-end truck attachment to the attachment mount;
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- during use of the front-end truck attachment, the attachment mount spreading stresses originating from forces exerted on the front member by the front-end truck attachment, about the front portion of the vehicle chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.