Toy dump trailer apparatus
OwnerJon D. Hallfordinventor
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Abstract
A toy trailer including a hopper, with the hopper including bottom wall doors pivotally mounted and arranged for closing and opening relative to cables directed to a winding axle is provided. Trailer wheels are mounted below the trailer floor, that in turn is positioned rearwardly of the trailer hopper for simulation of a bottom dump trailer organization. A framework is provided and arranged for mounting onto and extending over the hopper. The framework includes a canopy reciprocatably mounted in the framework. Further, the trailer wheels have a support deck to optionally include lock plates slidable and selectively latched relative to the trailer floor.
Claims6
A toy dump trailer apparatus, comprising,
- a trailer assembly having a first end spaced from a second end, with a first base leg and a second base leg coextensive of the trailer from the first end to the second end, and
- a mounting plate secured to the first base leg and the second base leg adjacent the first end, with the mounting plate including a mounting boss projecting from the mounting plate, and
- a central first leg and a central second leg arranged in a parallel relationship relative to one another spaced above the first base leg and the second base leg respectively, with the central first leg and the central second leg spaced apart a predetermined spacing mounting a hopper between the central first leg, the central second leg, and the first base leg and the second base leg, the hopper including a hopper floor having a first door and a second door, the hopper having a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein the first door is hingedly mounted to the first side wall, the second door hingedly mounted to the second side wall, and
- a floor plate fixedly mounted to the first base leg and the second base leg between the hopper and the second end, with the floor plate having an axle mounting plate fixedly secured to the floor plate spaced from the second end, and a winding axle rotatably directed through the axle mounting plate, with the winding axle including a winding wheel positioned in adjacency to the axle mounting plate and fixedly secured to the winding axle, with the first door having a first lug, the second door having a second lug, a first winding cable directed from the winding axle to the first lug, and a second winding cable directed from the winding axle to the second lug permitting winding of the first winding cable and the second winding cable about the winding axle permitting securement of the first door and the second door to the hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.