Bucket extension for side mounted refuse bucket
CA 2074405 A1 · Owner: Neufeldt, Dennis J. · Inventors: Neufeldt, Dennis J.
Overview
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A bucket extension for a refuse vehicle side mounted loading bucket includes a generally U-shaped frame whose arms are pivotally connected to the side walls of the bucket adjacent the pivot axis of the bucket and a flexible skirt or shroud is secured to both the frame and the bucket. The frame is resiliently urged to an extended position which increases the height of the sidle walls and front wall of the bucket so as to effectively increase the capacity of the bucket. The extension is moveable from the extended position to a retracted position during the compacting stroke of the bucket and may also be secured in its retracted position when the vehicle is used for collecting refuse from …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 22, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 22, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 22, 2014.
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