US 11,939,155 B2
Adjustable tipping device for a refuse vehicle
Matthew Mortenson, Oshkosh, WI (US); Varun Kandasamy, Oshkosh, WI (US); Kirby Sorensen, Oshkosh, WI (US); Clinton T. Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US); Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US); Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US); Nicholas Malm, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Jerry Shirley, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,686.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,541, filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161997 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B65F 3/02 (2006.01); B65F 3/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/0213 (2013.01) [B65F 3/046 (2013.01); F16M 11/045 (2013.01); F16M 11/046 (2013.01); B65F 2003/023 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0263 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0296 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refuse container tipping device comprising:
a first mounting plate defining a plurality of first slots, the plurality of first slots each extending in a first direction along substantially parallel axes;
a second mounting plate releasably coupled to the first mounting plate and defining a plurality of second slots, the plurality of second slots each extending in a second direction along substantially parallel axes, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction;
a hinge plate coupled to the second mounting plate, the hinge plate supporting a hinge and a grapple arm rotatably coupled to the hinge; and
a plurality of fasteners coupling the second mounting plate to the first mounting plate, the plurality of fasteners including a bolt and a nut, the bolt extending into and through one of the plurality of first slots and one of the plurality of second slots, and the nut received on the bolt to selectively engage the second mounting plate onto the first mounting plate.