Material handling apparatus

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, THE COMBINATION OF A VEHICLE, A SEPARABLE BODY UNIT DETACHABLY MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE FOR REMOVABL THEREFROM, POWER MEANS ON THE VEHICLE FOR MOVING THE BODY UNIT ONTO OR OFF THE VEHICLE, A PAIR OF LIFTING ARMS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO THE BODY UNIT AND MOVABLE BETWEEN ONE POSITION WHEREIN THEARMS EXTEND IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BODY UNIT IS MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE AND ANOTHER POSITION WHEREIN THE ARMS EXTEND ABOVE THE BODY UNIT FOR FIRST FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED MEANS ON THE BODY UNIT FOR MOVING THE ARMS BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS, COMPACTION MEANS INSIDE THE BODY UNIT FOR COMPRESSING MATERIAL WITHIN THE BODY UNIT, SECOND FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED MEASNS ON THE BODY UNIT FOR ACTUATING THE COMPACTION MEANS, A SOURCE OF FLUID PRESSURE ON THE VEHICLE, AND FLUID PRESSURE SUPPLY LINES HAVING DETACHABLE COUPLINGS THEREIN FOR CONNECTING FOR SOURCE OF FLUID PRESSURE ON THE VEHICLE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND FLUID PRESSURE ACTUATED MEANS ON THE BOYD UNIT TO BE DISCONNECTED UPON REMOVAL OF THE BODY UNIT FROM THE VEHICLE.