Implements for spreading powdered or granular materials over the ground

Claim 1

A CONTAINER MOUNTED ON A CARRIAGE, SAID CONTAINER COMPRISING AN OBLONG HOPPER, SAID HOPPER BEING V-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING OUTLET AND A SLOPING REAR SIDE, SAID REAR SIDE SLOPING DOWNWARDLY IN A FORWARD DIRECTION TOWARDS SAID OUTLET, A RIM EXTENDING ABOVE SAID REAR SIDE, SAID RIM SLOPING UPWARDLY IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE SLOPE OF SAID REAR SIDE, SAID RIM EXTENDING AT LEAST PARTLY AROUND THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID HOPPER, SAID CARRIAGE HAVING AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY FRAME MEMBER, SAID MEMBER HAVING UPRIGHT ELEMENTS FOR SUPPORTING SAID HOPPER ABOVE SAID CARRIAGE, SAID ELEMENTS BEING LOCATED ADJACENT AND FORWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID OUTLET, A FURTHER SUPPORTING ELEMENT ON SAID FRAME MEMBER SUPPORTING THE FORWARD END OF SAID HOPPER, STRENGTHENING MEANS SUSTAINING THE LONG SIDES OF SAID HOPPER, GROUND WHEELS SUPPORTING SAID CARRIAGE NEAR SAID UPRIGHT ELEMENTS, SAID UPRIGHT ELEMENTS BEING LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE SAID GROUND WHEELS WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF SAID HOPPER CAN BE FULCRUMED ABOUT THE AXLE SUSTAINING SAID GROUND WHEELS.