US1359332A - Vehicle-body - Google Patents

Description

G. P. CONNEALY.

VEHICLE BODY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1920. 1,359,332. Patented Nov. 16,

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GEORGE P. CONNEALY, OF DECATUR, NEBRASKA.

VEHICLE-BODY.

Specification of Letters Patent. {Patented NO 16, 1920,:

Application filed June 23, 1920; Serial No. 391,026.

To all whom'z't may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon P. CONNEALY, a citizen of the l nited States, anda resident of Decatur, in the county of Burt and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle-Body, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This in ention relates to improvements in vehicle bodies, an object of the invention being to provide a body which can be quickly adjusted either to form a solid body for can rying grain and the like or extended to form a larger receptacle in the form of a slatted rack for the shipment of hogs, sheep, or

other nimals.

A further object is toprovide a vehicle body of the character stated which will function with equal efficiency either as a,

lVith these and other objects in view the in *ention consists in certain novel features of'constrnction, and combinations, and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective View illustratlng my improved vehicle body in the form of an animal receiving rack.

Fig. 2 is a view -in transverse section through the center of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating my improved vehicle body folded and in the form of a solid body.

.Fig. I is a view in transverse section through the center of Fig. 3.

My improved vehicle body c0mpr1ses a platform 1 supported on a series of transverse beams 2 which extend beyond the ends of the body and support a series of triangularly shaped brackets 3 which are rigidly secured to the pro'jecting ends of the beams 2. I. series of horizontal parallel slats 4: are enured to the brackets 3 and spaced an equal distance apart, and angle brackets 5 are secured-to the inner faces of these slats Removable rods 8 in any desired number are positioned through the sides A against the lnner faces of the endsB to hold the latter in vertical position. Side extensions A are liingedly connected to the brackets 3 and end extensions B are hingedly connected to the straps 7, and these sections A. and B are formed by slats 9 and 10 respectively spaced apart and connected by metal straps'll and 12 respectively.

The edges of all of the slats are beveled or tapered and all of the slats are of substantially the same width sov that when the sections A and B are swung downwardly and inwardly, the slats of these sections will fit snugly between the slats of the body sections A and B and form solid walls to form a solid body for the support of grain and the like as shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 41 When the extensions A and B are moved to a vertical position andlocated above the main body sections A and-B, a slatted rack is formed for the reception of hogs or other animals and the parts are held in this position by means of transverse rods 8 which extend through the side sections and against the inner faces of the end sections, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

lVhile I use the same reference numeral 8 to indicate all of the end rods, it is obvious that any desired number and arrangement of these rods may be provided, and I preferably employ nuts 8 screwed onto the thread ed ends of the rods to secure them in place.

The straps l1 and the brackets 3 consti- I that these hinge pins may be of a removable type to allow disconnection and connection as may be desired.

It will thus be noted that with my improved vehicle body the sections may be lo cated together so as to form a solid body as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, or the sections may be extended so as to form a slatted body or rack as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. and the parts will efficiently perform their functions in either of these positions.

Variousslight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A vehicle body, comprising a platform, side and end slatted sections on the platform, and side and end extensions hingedly connected to the first-mentioned side and end sections and adapted to be positioned above said sections or with their slats between the slats of the first-mentioned sections, said extensions and sections having slats with beveled edges whereby the slats 7 when together form a solid body, said end sections constituting removable gates mounted to slide vertically.

2. A vehicle body, comprising a platform, beams located below the platform and extending beyond the same, brackets on the ends of the beams, side sections secured to said brackets and constituting a series of parallel spaced slats, angle brackets secured tion, and slatted extensions hingedly connected to both the side and the end sections.

3. A vehicle body, comprising a platform, beams located below the platform and extending beyond the same, brackets on the ends of the beams, side sections secured to said brackets and constituting a series of parallel spaced slats, angle brackets secured to the inner faces of the slats at their ends, endsections comprising a series of slats spaced apart and normally supported on the platform with the ends of said slats against the inner faces of said last-mentioned brackets, removable rodsconnecting the side slats and holding the end sections in position, metal straps connecting the slats of the end sections, section extensions hingedly connected to the first-mentioned brackets and to the last-mentioned straps respectively, said extension sections adapted to be positioned above the side and end sections or folded downwardly with their slats between the slats of the side and end sections, and removable rods connecting the side sections'and supporting the end' sections in either of said positions.

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