Bulk material handling accessory for landscaping device

Apparatus comprising:

• an accessory configured to be releasably operatively connected to a self-propelled landscaping device, the accessory comprising:
• a frame, wherein the frame is releasably operatively engageable in fixed connection with the landscaping device,
• a hopper, wherein in an operative position of the accessory the hopper
• is in operatively supported connection with the frame and is configured to hold solid bulk material in an interior area thereof,
• includes an upper opening to the interior area configured to receive bulk material into the interior area, and
• includes a lower opening configured to pass the bulk material from the interior area,
• a conveyor, wherein in the operative position the conveyor
• is configured to move bulk material supported thereon,
• extends underneath the lower opening of the hopper and horizontally along a conveyor direction that is perpendicular to a forward movement direction of the self-propelled device,
• is selectively movable to cause bulk material that has passed out of the lower opening to be moved along the conveyor direction in engagement with the conveyor and discharged from the conveyor at either
• a first conveyor end, wherein the first conveyor end is disposed along the conveyor direction away from underneath the lower opening of the hopper in a first direction, or
• a second conveyor end, wherein the second conveyor end is disposed along the conveyor direction away from underneath the lower opening of the hopper in a second direction opposed of the first direction.

Apparatus comprising:

• an accessory configured to be releasably operatively connected to a self-propelled landscaping device, the accessory comprising:
• a frame, wherein the frame is releasably operatively engageable in fixed connection with the landscaping device,
• a hopper, wherein in an operative position of the accessory the hopper
• is in operatively supported connection with the frame and is configured to hold solid bulk material in an interior area thereof,
• includes an upper opening to the interior area configured to receive bulk material into the interior area, and
• includes a lower opening configured to pass the bulk material from the interior area,
• a conveyor, wherein the conveyor
• is configured to move bulk material supported thereon,
• extends below the lower opening of the hopper,
• is selectively movable to cause bulk material that has passed out of the lower opening to be moved in engagement with the conveyor and discharged from the conveyor at either
• a first conveyor end, wherein the first conveyor end is disposed away from the lower opening of the hopper in a first direction, or
• a second conveyor end, wherein the second conveyor end is disposed away from the lower opening of the hopper in a second direction opposed of the first direction,
• a conveyor extension,
• wherein the conveyor extension is movably mounted in operative supported connection with the frame,
• wherein the conveyor extension includes
• an inward end, wherein the inward end is configured to receive bulk material discharged from the conveyor at the second end, and
• an outward end, wherein the outward end is configured to discharge bulk material from the conveyor extension,
• wherein the outward end is selectively positionable relative to the inward end.

Apparatus comprising:

• an accessory configured to be releasably operatively connected to a self-propelled landscaping device, the accessory comprising:
• a frame, wherein the frame is releasably operatively engageable in fixed connection with the landscaping device,
• a hopper, wherein in an operative position of the accessory the hopper
• is in operatively supported connection with the frame and is configured to hold solid bulk material in an interior area thereof,
• includes an upper opening to the interior area configured to receive bulk material into the interior area, and
• includes a lower opening configured to pass the bulk material from the interior area,
• a conveyor, wherein the conveyor
• is configured to move bulk material supported thereon,
• extends below the lower opening of the hopper,
• is selectively movable to cause bulk material that has passed out of the lower opening to be moved in engagement with the conveyor and discharged from the conveyor at either
• a first conveyor end, wherein the first conveyor end is disposed away from the lower opening of the hopper in a first direction, or
• a second conveyor end, wherein the second conveyor end is disposed away from the lower opening of the hopper in a second direction opposed of the first direction,
• a stand on step configured to support an operator during device movement,
• at least one wheel, wherein the at least one wheel is disposed from the step in a forward operating direction of the device from the step,
• wherein in the operative position of the accessory the hopper extends in vertically overlying relation of the at least one wheel and in the forward operating direction from the step.