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US 2021/0329854 A1Published application
Sod roller terminal attachment for excavator
OwnerPaul E. Schmelzinventor
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Abstract
A terminal attachment for use with an excavator jointed arm. The terminal attachment supports a sod roll on a shaft connected to the end of an excavator jointed arm. Embodiments allow the sod roll to be unrolled by moving the jointed arm or by moving the excavator. The terminal attachment allows sod rolls to be unrolled on an incline.
Claims40
A terminal attachment, configured to be used on an excavator jointed arm, comprising:
- a connector plate operably connectable to the excavator jointed arm,
- an angle arm, with one side and a second side, operably attached to the connector plate, and
- a shaft configured to extend from the one side of the angle arm.
A method for unrolling a sod roll on a surface comprising:
- obtaining a sod roller terminal attachment, configured to be operably connected to an excavator jointed arm, comprising,
- a connector plate with a front side and a back side,
- an angle arm, with a one side and a second side, operably attached to the connector plate, and
- a shaft operably attached to the one side of the angle arm;
- connecting the sod roller terminal attachment to the excavator jointed arm;
- inserting the shaft into a pipe in the sod roll, so as to support the sod roll with the excavator jointed arm;
- positioning the sod roll, with the excavator jointed arm, on or near a surface on which the sod roll is to be unrolled;
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- moving the excavator arm, with the sod roll supported thereon, so as to unroll the sod roll on the surface.
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A terminal attachment, configured to be used on an excavator jointed arm, comprising:
- a connector plate, having a front side and a back side that is operably connectable to the excavator jointed arm, and
- a shaft configured on the front side of the angle arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.