Tree trimmer
AssigneeTrim All Equipment Company
InventorEddie Smitherman
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing obstructions caused by both high and low lying vegetation, the apparatus including a conventional industrial type vehicle, such as a tractor or backhoe loader, a swing frame swingably connected about a substantially vertical axis on the vehicle, an arm, such as backhoe boom, pivotally connected about a substantially horizontal axis on the swing frame, a telescoping boom connected with the arm, means of detachably connecting the telescoping boom with the arm and cutting means mounted about a first end of the telescoping boom. The apparatus is supported, powered and controlled using the standard attachments, power systems and controls of a conventional industrial-type vehicle.
Claims20
A telescoping boom support comprising,
- a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a front end and a rear end,
- a telescoping boom carried by the support, the telescoping boom being modified for trimming vegetation,
- a first mounting piece connected to the support and adapted and arranged to connect with a backhoe boom, and
- a second mounting piece connected with the support and adapted and arranged to connect with a backhoe boom.
A telescoping boom support comprising,
- a top side, a bottom side, a front end and a rear end,
- a first mounting piece in close proximity to the front end being connected underneath the bottom side of the support and adapted and arranged to connect directly to a first boss of a backhoe boom, and
- a second mounting piece in close proximity to the rear end being connected underneath the bottom side of the support and adapted and arranged to connect directly to a second boss of the backhoe boom,
- wherein the top side of the support is adapted and arranged for receiving a telescoping boom modified for trimming vegetation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.