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US 2022/0090347 A1Published application
Multipurpose bucket
AssigneeGreat Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorErik Thorsell
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Abstract
A multipurpopse bucket comprising a front section and a rear section rotatably coupled with the front section. As such, the bucket is configured to transition from a closed position to an open position. The bucket further comprises a single actuator configured to transition the bucket between the closed position and the open position. The actuator is centrally positioned with respect to a width of the bucket.
Claims20
A multipurpopse bucket comprising:
- a front section;
- a rear section rotatably coupled with said front section, such that said bucket is configured to transition from a closed position to an open position;
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- a single actuator configured to transition said bucket between the closed position and the open position, wherein said actuator is centrally positioned with respect to a width of said bucket.
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A multipurpopse bucket comprising:
- a front section;
- a rear section rotatably coupled with said front section, such that said bucket is configured to transition from a closed position to an open position;
- a laterally extending shaft extending across at least a portion of a width of said bucket;
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- a single actuator configured to transition said bucket between the closed position and the open position, wherein said actuator is centrally positioned with respect to the width of said bucket,
- wherein said actuator is configured to actuate said pivot shaft, and wherein said actuator is engaged with the shaft at or adjacent a lateral midpoint of said pivot shaft.
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A method of operating a multipurpopse bucket comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing the bucket, which comprises a front section and a rear section rotatably coupled with the front section such that the bucket is configured to transition from a closed position to an open position, wherein the bucket additionally comprises a single actuator positioned within a centrally positioned pocket formed in the rear section;
- (b) shifting, via the single actuator, the bucket from the closed position to the open position;
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- (c) shifting, via the single actuator, the bucket from the open position to the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.