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US 11,268,257 B1Granted
Swivel bucket
AssigneeLeonardi Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsJoseph Leonardi, Bruce C. Jordan
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Abstract
A bucket assembly for attachment to a machine, such as a skid steer or tractor, that includes a bucket and a mounting assembly that permits swiveling of the bucket about a vertical axis and pivoting of the bucket about a horizontal axis.
Claims5
A bucket assembly for mounting to a machine, comprising:
- a. a bucket defined by a floor having an inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces, a rear wall extending upwardly from the floor, opposing side walls each extending upwardly from the floor and connected along a rear edge to the rear wall, and an open front defined by a space between front edges of the opposing side walls;
- b. a mounting assembly for mounting the bucket to the machine, comprising:
- i. a mounting plate adapted for secure attachment to the machine;
- ii. a pivot plate extending in a plane and pivotally attached to the outwardly facing surface of the floor;
- iii. a dumping mechanism extending between the outwardly facing surface of the floor and the pivot plate that is actuable to pivotally move the bucket about a horizontal axis between dumping and loading positions;
- iv. a swivel mechanism attached to the pivot plate that is actuable to rotate the bucket about a vertical axis;
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- v. a bearing attached to the pivot plate that includes a longitudinal bearing axis extending therethrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.