Bucket attachment for tractor blade
OwnerJeffrey D. Longinventor
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Abstract
An attachment adapted to cooperate with a snow blade or the like of a tractor to provide a dump bucket at the front end thereof is disclosed. The attachment enhances the materials moving capability of the tractor by enabling the tractor to pick up material in a bucket and move it to a desired location. The attachment includes a bucket structure pivotally mounted on the snow blade for movement between a closed or loading position and an open or dumping position.
Claims17
An easily removable attachment for a garden-type tractor or the like having a snow blade or the like mounted on the front end thereof to extend across the front of the tractor in a generally vertically extending position, said snow blade having a smooth arcuate front face without sides or other forward projections obstructing flow of material from the ends thereof,
- said attachment being constructed and arranged to cooperate with the snow blade to provide a dump bucket at the front end of the tractor thereby converting the same into a dumping device and comprising
- a generally flat bottom adapted to extend forwardly from and along the length of the snow blade when attached thereto,
- a first side member mounted at one end of said bottom to extend transversely thereto,
- a second side member mounted at the other end of said bottom to extend transversely thereto,
- said bottom and said first and second side members being constructed and arranged to form a rigid bucket structure having a shape to cooperate with the snow blade to form a bucket for carrying material with said first and second side members forming the entire side walls of said bucket, and
- means for pivotally mounting said bucket structure on said snow blade to be easily attached and removed and to extend forwardly therefrom,
- said pivotal mounting means including
- a first bracket mounted to the blade front face adjacent the upper edge thereof and adjacent said one end of said snow blade,
- a second bracket mounted to the blade front face adjacent the upper edge thereof and adjacent the other end of said snow blade,
- each of said brackets having a pivot support thereon,
- each of said side members having a pivot support thereon,
- and pivot means cooperable with said pivot supports of said brackets and said side members to provide a pivotal axis about which said bucket structure is pivotable between a closed load carrying position and an open dumping position.
An easily attached and removable attachment for a garden-type tractor or the like having a snow blade or the like mounted on the front end thereof to extend across the front of the tractor in a generally vertically extending position, said snow blade having a smooth arcuate front face without sides or other forward projections obstructing flow of material from the ends thereof,
- said attachment being constructed and arranged to cooperate with the snow blade to provide a dump bucket at the front end of the tractor thereby converting the same into a dumping device and comprising
- a generally flat bottom adapted to extend forwardly from and along the length of the snow blade when attached thereto,
- a first side member mounted on one end of said bottom to extend transversely thereto,
- a second side member mounted on the other end of said bottom to extend transversely thereto,
- said bottom and said first and second side members being constructed and arranged to form a rigid bucket structure having a shape to cooperate with the snow blade to form a bucket for carrying material with said first and second side members forming the entire side walls of said bucket, and
- means for pivotally mounting said bucket structure on said snow blade to extend forwardly therefrom including bracket means mounted to the blade front face adjacent the upper edge thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.