Implement Attachment Device

An assembly for attaching implements to a tractor bucket comprising:

• an elongate main receiver bar with two ends;
• at least one means of connection provided by said main receiver bar where a tool or implement may be reversibly connected to the main receiver bar;
• and
• a pair of swing aims, both of which comprises a pivot end and a slide end where the pivot end is orthogonal to the slide end, and wherein each pivot end is connected to a side wall of the tractor bucket and each slide end is connected to an end of the main receiver bar.

A method of connecting implements to a tractor bucket comprising:

• drilling four holes in each side wall of a tractor bucket;
• slidably connecting a pair of swing arms to a main receiver bar such that one swing arm is connected to each end of the main receiver bar;
• adjusting the spacing of the swing arms so that they each of the swing arms is aligned parallel to the side walls of a tractor bucket and the swing arms and main receiver bar cooperate to serve as a u-shaped frame around the bucket;
• pivotably attaching each swing arm to the side wall of a tractor bucket with a pivot pin that is inserted through a first hole in each swing arm and into a corresponding pivot hole in the side wall of the tractor bucket such that the pair of swing arms may be rotated upward or downward in relation to the tractor bucket by virtue of pivoting them around the pivot pins that are inserted through the first hole and the pivot hole on each side of the frame;
• rigidly affixing each swing aim to an end of the main receiver bar;
• inserting a support member into the lowest hole in each of the tractor bucket side walls in order to provide stopping means and physical support for the swing aims when they are lowered to their lowest possible position.
• reversibly connecting each swing arm to a side wall of the tractor bucket with position pins that pass through a second hole in each swing arm and are reversibly inserted into one or the other of the two remaining holes in the side wall of the tractor bucket such that when the positioning pins are inserted into the lower of the two remaining holes in the side walls, the frame will be in its lower, use-ready position, and when the positioning pins are inserted into the upper of the two remaining holes in the side walls, the frame will be in its upper, stowed position;
• reversibly connecting at least one, and possibly multiple, implements to the main receiver bar by means of reversibly pinning the one or more implements to the main receiver bar.