Dump truck load diverter
OwnerRoy Ratzlaffinventor
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Abstract
Devices and related methods are disclosed for redirecting gravel, sand or other loads of a dump truck upon discharge from the dump truck. For example, a dump truck load diverter is disclosed which includes a diverter body having a tetrahedral-esque form factor defined by four primary faces and a plurality of chamfer faces, the four primary faces consisting of a primary diverting face, a pair of secondary diverting faces and a base face, the pair of secondary diverting faces being arranged perpendicularly to each other and to the base face. The diverter body may be sized relative to a bed of a dump truck to obstruct a substantial portion of a dump passage area when positioned in one of a plurality of load spreading configurations.
Claims34
A dump truck load diverter, comprising:
- a diverter body having a tetrahedral-esque form factor defined by four primary faces and a plurality of chamfer faces, the four primary faces consisting of a primary diverting face, a pair of secondary diverting faces and a base face, the pair of secondary diverting faces being arranged perpendicularly to each other and to the base face, and wherein the diverter body is sized relative to a bed of a dump truck to obstruct a substantial portion of a dump passage area when positioned in one of a plurality of load spreading configurations.
A method of discharging a load from a bed of a dump truck, the method comprising:
- positioning a dump truck load diverter in one of a plurality of load spreading configurations, the dump truck load diverter including a diverter body having a tetrahedral-esque form factor defined by four primary faces and a plurality of chamfer faces, the four primary faces consisting of a primary diverting face, a pair of secondary diverting faces and a base face, the pair of secondary diverting faces being arranged perpendicularly to each other and to the base face, and wherein the diverter body is sized relative to the bed of the dump truck to obstruct a substantial portion of a dump passage area;
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- discharging at least a portion of the load from the bed of the dump truck, whereby the dump truck load diverter causes the load to discharge in a manner associated with the load spreading configuration in which the dump truck load diverter is positioned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.