Truck with auger range feeder

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A PICKUP TRUCK HAVING A FIXED, BOX-SHAPED BED WITH FIXED SIDEWALLS EXTENDING A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE THE BED SURFACE, A RANGE FEEDER FOR DISPENSING A GRAIN-SILAGE MIXTURE AND LIKE MATERIAL HAVING A HOPPER-SHAPED BODY INCLUDING LATERALLY INCLINED FLOOR PORTIONS MERGING INTO A LONGITUDINALLY-DISPOSED CHUTE EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF THE BODY AS A DISCHARGE TUBE AND AN AUGER WITHIN THE CHUTE TO DRIVE MATERIAL INTO THE DISCHARGE TUBE, WHEREIN; SAID FEEDER IS PROPORTIONED TO BE MOUNTED WITH ITS CHUTE LYING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE TRUCK BED BOX WITH ITS BOTTOM BEING SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE LEVEL OF THE TOP OF THE TRUCK BOX SIDEWALLS AND THE DISCHARGE TUBE EXTENDING OVER A SIDEWALL FOR DEPOSIT OF MATERIAL FROM THE SIDE OF THE TRUCKS; AND MEANS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE FEEDER TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE TRUCK BED, ABOVE THE BED, AND SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE LEVEL OF THE TOP OF THE TRUCK BOX.