Device for digging, balling and relocating a tree and other material
OwnerLeonard A. Grewinventor
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Abstract
A device for digging, balling and relocating a tree for mounting on a vehicle having twin spaced booms having an attachment plate pivotally mounted thereto. The device includes a rear blade for connection with the attachment plate of the vehicle together with first and second arms rotatably mounted about the longitudinal axis thereof on the attachment plate. The arms are also pivotally mounted on the attachment plate. Each arm carries at the outer end thereof a side blade. A hydraulic ram rotates and pivots each of said arms to thereby move the blades thereof together or apart relative to the rear blade.
Claims16
A device for digging, balling and relocating trees and other material for mounting on a vehicle having actuatable mounting means comprising, in combination:
- a. a rear blade for connection with the mounting means and actuation thereby such that the rear blade can be forced into the ground by lowering the mounting means,
- b. first and second arms having longitudinal axes,
- c. means for rotatably mounting each of said arms about the longitudinal axis thereof on the mounting means,
- d. means for pivotally mounting each of said arms at one end thereof on said mounting means about an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the arm,
- e. a first side blade carried by said first arm,
- f. a second side blade carried by said second arm,
- g. means for simultaneously rotating and pivoting each of said arms to thereby move said first and second side blades together and adjacent said rear blade and to thereby separate said first and second side blades from each other and said rear blade.
Device for digging, balling, and relocating material for use with a vehicle having an attachment plate and means for lifting and lowering the attachment plate comprising, in combination:
- a. a rear blade segment, a first side blade segment, and a second side blade segment, with the rear, first and second side blade segments substantially forming a receptable having an open top when in a juxtaposed relation,
- b. means for rigidly connecting the rear blade segment to the attachment plate such that the rear blade segment can be forced into the ground by lowering the attachment plate,
- c. means for moveably mounting the first side blade segment to the attachment plate allowing movement from a first closed position to a second open position on substantially a constant radius and,
- d. means for moveably mounting the second side blade segment to the attachment plate allowing movement from a first closed position to a second open position on substantially a constant radius, with the rear blade segment, the first side blade segment in the closed position, and the second side blade segment in the closed position being in a juxtaposed relation substantially forming a receptacle having an open top.
Device for digging, balling and relocating material for use with a vehicle having an attachment plate and means for lifting and lowering the attachment plate comprising, in combination:
- a. a first side blade segment and a second side blade segment, with the first and second side blade segments at least partially forming a receptacle having an open top when in a juxtaposed relation,
- b. first and second arms having longitudinal axes,
- c. means for rotatably mounting each of said arms about the longitudinal axis thereof on the attachment plate,
- d. means for pivotally mounting each of said arms at one end thereof on the attachment plate about an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the arm, and
- e. first and second means for rotating and pivoting said first and second arms, respectively, with the first blade segment being carried by the first arm and the second blade segment being carried by the second arm, to thereby move the first and second side blade segments together and to separate the first and second side blade segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.