Attachment for a bucket of a prime mover

An attachment in combination with a bucket of a prime mover for carrying ground material;

• the prime mover having a frame which is arranged for movement across a support surface in a forward working direction;
• the bucket having a bottom wall with a cutting edge, a rear wall defining a top edge which is opposite the cutting edge, and opposite side walls defining edges adjacent to the top and cutting edges and spanning therebetween, collectively defining an opening of the bucket through which the ground material is passed into the bucket;
• the bucket being supported generally at one end of the frame for pivotal movement relative to the frame about a bucket axis which is transversely oriented to the forward working direction;
• the attachment comprising:
• a base member having fixed shape in a longitudinal direction of the base member between first and second ends;
• first and second pivoting members respectively pivotally connected at a different one of the first and second ends of the base member for pivotal movement relative thereto;
• each of the first and second pivoting members being pivotally movable about an axis which is transverse relative to the longitudinal direction of the base member;
• the first pivoting member being mounted to the bucket adjacent the top edge of the bucket with the axis of the first pivoting member disposed generally parallel to the bucket axis at a spaced location therefrom such that the base member is pivotally movable relative to the bucket about the axis of the first pivoting member which is distinct from the bucket axis;
• first and second actuators operatively interconnected between the base member and a different one of the first and second pivoting members for actuating the pivotal movement thereof;
• wherein the second pivoting member forms a base for releasably receiving different attachment ends;
• and
• wherein one of the different attachment ends comprises an extension member having a first end configured for connecting to the second pivoting member that is pivotally supported on the base member and an opposite second end which forms a base for releasably receiving another one of the attachment ends in distal relation to the base member, the extension member extending linearly between the first and second ends thereof along a longitudinal direction of the extension member, each of the first and second ends of the extension member defining a planar mating surface which is transverse to the longitudinal direction of the extension member, the planar mating surface of the first end of the extension member being oriented substantially normal to the longitudinal direction of the extension member and the planar mating surface of the second end of the extension member being oriented non-perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the extension member so as to position said another one of the attachment ends which is connected to the end of the extension member transversely to the longitudinal direction of the extension member.