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A particulate cargo container support apparatus having plural pairs of side-by-side laterally spaced upright post members rotatably supporting shaft members extending therebetween. Hook members are positioned on the rotatable shaft member so as to be movable out of the path of a container on a raise

A particulate cargo container support apparatus having plural pairs of side-by-side laterally spaced upright post members rotatably supporting shaft members extending therebetween. Hook members are positioned on the rotatable shaft member so as to be movable out of the path of a container on a raised truck bed when the truck is positioned under the support apparatus. A control device in the form of a manually operable handle is connected to an end of the shaft member for effecting the rotation of the shaft member and hook members into and out of the path of the container on the truck bed. The hook members engage the container on the truck bed when the truck bed is lowered. When the truck bed is fully lowered, a vertical, separation between the container and the truck bed is effected. The container is then fully supported on the support apparatus and the truck is free for other uses.

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A particulate cargo container support for supporting a particulate cargo container and for facilitating a placement thereof onto and removal from a truck bed, said truck bed including a truck bed pivot axis, by using only an on-board motive force applied to the truck bed for raising and lowering the

A particulate cargo container support for supporting a particulate cargo container and for facilitating a placement thereof onto and removal from a truck bed, said truck bed including a truck bed pivot axis, by using only an on-board motive force applied to the truck bed for raising and lowering the truck bed about the truck bed pivot axis, said particulate cargo container having a first end wall, a second end wall, interconnected side walls, a bottom wall, an open top, and spaced pairs of connectors connected to said container to define suspension locations located adjacent the respective first and second end walls, said support comprising: a plurality of side-by-side, laterally spaced, pairs of upright members standing on a floor surface; a bearing adjacent a top of each of said plurality of upright members; shaft members extending between each side-by-side pair of said upright members, said shaft members being rotationally received in respective said bearings; a plurality of laterally spaced pairs of hook means on each of said shaft members, each of said hook means having means thereon for defining a cradle and means thereon for facilitating a securement to said shaft members; and control means for effecting a movement of each of said hook means and said cradle thereon between at least two positions, a first position of said at least two positions orienting each cradle out of a path of movement of said connectors which move with and in response to a raising and lowering of said truck bed about the truck bed pivot axis, a second position of said at least two positions orienting each cradle in the path of movement of said connectors to facilitate a reception of said connectors into said cradles, a first pair of said plurality of laterally spaced pair of hook means being oriented closer to said first end wall of said particulate cargo container, a second pair of said plurality of laterally spaced pairs of hook means being oriented closer to said second end wall of said particulate cargo container than said first pair of said hook means, whereby as said truck bed is moved from a raised position toward a lowered position, said pair of connectors adjacent said second wall will enter said cradles on said second pair of hook means to cause a rear part of said container to become suspended from said suspension locations located thereat and a change of the pivot axis for said container to a further pivot axis separate from said truck bed pivot axis until said pair of connectors adjacent said first end wall enter said first pair of hook means, at which time a continued lowering of said truck bed will effect a vertical separation to occur between said bottom wall of said container and said truck bed.