# US 10,767,339 B2 · Multiple interface tool for a construction machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,339 B2 - Document ID: US10767339B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/110,104 - Filed: 2018-08-23 - Published: 2019-12-05 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-01 - Assignees: Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Edward Wagner; Gary Major; Yunfeng Zhao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767339B2 ## CPC - E02F 3/3604: {Devices to connect tools to arms, booms or the like} - E02F 3/3609: {of the quick acting type, e.g. controlled from the operator seat (quick-acting couplers to connect booms or arms to tractors E02F3/627; quick-acting couplers for machines mounted on tractor A01B59/06; couplings of the quick-acting type per se F16L37/00)} - E02F 3/3686: {using adapters, i.e. additional element to mount between the coupler and the tool} - E02F 3/40: Dippers; Buckets {; Grab devices, e.g. manufacturing processes for buckets, form, geometry or material of buckets (devices to connect tools to arms or booms E02F3/3604; teeth therefor E02F9/28)} - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) ## Abstract A tool for a construction machine includes a first interface that is located at a first location on the tool, and a second interface that is located at a second location on the tool being different from the first location, wherein each of the first interface and the second interface is individually configured to mount the tool on the construction machine, and wherein the construction machine includes a loader bucket. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tool for a construction machine, the tool including a loader bucket and comprising: a first interface that is located at a first location on the tool and configured to mount the tool on the construction machine in a loader mode; and a second interface that is located at a second location on the tool being different from the first location and configured to mount the tool on the construction machine in a dozer mode, wherein each of the first interface and the second interface is alternatively configured to mount the tool on the construction machine. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the first interface comprises a first locking means, and the second interface comprises a second locking means, and wherein each of the first locking means and the second locking means is configured to be engaged with the construction machine. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the first interface comprises at least one handle for grabbing the tool by a tool mount of the construction machine. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the second interface comprises at least one bracket for attaching the tool to a tool carrier of the construction machine. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the second interface comprises two brackets spaced apart from each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the first interface or the second interface comprise a detent for a safety engagement of the construction machine with the tool. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the first interface and the second interface comprise a detent for a safety engagement of the construction machine with the tool. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the first interface is located on a first face of the tool and the second interface is located on a second face of the tool, the second face being different from the first face. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The tool of claim 8, wherein the first face of the tool is angled with respect to the second face of the tool, and wherein an angle between the first face and the second face is an obtuse angle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A tool arrangement for a construction machine, comprising: a tool according to claim 1; and a tool carrier configured to be attached to a chassis of the construction machine, wherein the tool is detachably mountable on the tool carrier via at least one of the first interface and the second interface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The tool arrangement of claim 10, wherein the tool is detachably mountable on the tool carrier via the first interface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The tool arrangement of claim 10, wherein the tool is detachably mountable on the tool carrier via the second interface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The tool arrangement of claim 10, wherein the tool is detachably mountable on the tool carrier via the first interface and the second interface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The tool arrangement of claim 10, further comprising an adjustment mechanism having a hydraulic positioning cylinder for providing a height adjustability of the tool arrangement with respect to the chassis of the construction machine. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The tool arrangement of claim 14, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes an electric adjustment mechanism. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The tool arrangement of claim 14, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a hydraulic adjustment mechanism. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) A method of utilizing the tool on the construction machine that includes an articulated boom, the construction machine being the construction machine according to claim 12, the method comprising: depositing, by the articulated boom, the tool on the tool carrier of the construction machine. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) A method of utilizing the tool on the construction machine that includes an articulated boom, the construction machine being the construction machine according to claim 13, the method comprising: depositing, by the articulated boom, the tool on the tool carrier of the construction machine. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1, wherein the tool is mountable on the construction machine via: a first tool carrier adjustable in a vertical direction and connectable with the second interface; and a second tool carrier configured to store the tool and positioned above tracks of the construction machine. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The tool of claim 19, wherein the first tool carrier comprises a pivot joint configured to hold the tool at the second interface.