# US 8,540,307 B2 · Truck front end attachment mount > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,540,307 B2 - Document ID: US8540307B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/235,712 - Filed: 2011-09-19 - Published: 2013-03-21 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-19 - Applicants: Bill B Cunagin - Inventors: Bill B Cunagin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540307B2 ## CPC - B62D 21/12: assembled from readily detachable parts - B62D 49/065: {Coupling of multi-purpose tractors with equipment (towing bars B60D; with load transfer B62D53/08; power take-off B60K; with lifting devices B62D49/02; pushing gear B62D49/04)} - Y10T 29/49947: by applying separate fastener - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An attachment mount for a front end of Class 6-8 trucks having a vehicle chassis tapering, height-and-width-wise, at its front portion, comprising: a front member for supporting a front-end truck attachment, the front member connecting to a portion of the tapering vehicle chassis; and 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 attachment mount spreads stresses originating from downwardly-directed forces exerted on the front member by the front-end truck attachment, through the front portion of the vehicle chassis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein the vehicle chassis at the front end of the truck tapers, height-and-width-wise, in a forward direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein the front-end truck attachment comprises one or more of the following: a snow plow; a winch; a blade; a bumper extension for a pump or pump motor; and a cab rack for supporting vehicles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein a front portion of the front member has a generally U-shaped front cross-section. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein the front member includes two planar sections connected by a diagonal section. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein the front member is directly attached to a bumper bracket of the truck. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein the front member is connected to the distribution member through a spring bracket. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein the attachment mount accommodates trucks having differing vehicle chassis widths. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein the front member protrudes from the front end of the truck. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The attachment mount of claim 1, wherein the mount comprises a left and right pair of mounts, with each left and right pair comprising the front member and the distribution member.