US 7,503,134 B2
Inclined slope vacuum excavation container
Lynn A. Buckner, P.O. Box 609, Chickamauga, Ga. 30707 (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/810,184.
Application 10/810184 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/217055, filed on Aug. 12, 2002, granted, now 6,988,568.
Application 10/217055 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/722797, filed on Nov. 27, 2000, granted, now 6,453,584.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/384719, filed on Jun. 03, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/363058, filed on Mar. 11, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0210623 A1, Sep. 29, 2005
Int. Cl. E02F 3/88 (2006.01); B63C 7/22 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 37—317  [37/320; 175/66; 175/67; 15/352; 15/346; 15/300.1] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile vacuum excavation method comprising the steps of: providing a vacuum container, said vacuum container having a length and width, and having a vacuum producing means to create a vacuum environment within said vacuum container, providing a conduit to vacuum liquid or solid particles into said vacuum container, and said vacuum container being fixedly mounted on said mobile vacuum excavation means at an inclined slope along said length of said vacuum container and said incline slope being sufficient to allow said solids or liquid to dispense from said vacuum container by gravity through an access door to said vacuum container when said access door is opened along said width of said vacuum container, and further providing a liquid storage container, and said liquid storage container being adjacently mounted below said incline slope of said vacuum container and wherein said liquid storage container comprises an additional step of having said liquid storage container side walls add structural support to said vacuum container, and further comprising the steps of: providing a filter housing means having a length and width, and said length of said filter housing being mounted on an incline slope adjacent to said length of said vacuum container, and said vacuum container adding structural support to said filter housing.