Multi-tine lifting implement

A multi-tine lifting implement comprising:

• a support member, a tine system, and one or more side members;
• the support member being adapted and configured for coupling the lifting implement to a vehicle and for supporting the tine system;
• the support member comprising a frame, a grid, a mounting member, an upper tine system support, and a lower tine system support;
• the frame comprising a rigid generally rectangular configuration comprising a first vertical member, a second vertical member, an upper horizontal member, and a lower horizontal member, each vertical member being coupled to each horizontal member and each horizontal member being coupled to each vertical member;
• the grid comprising one or more horizontal grid members and one or more vertical grid members and occupying an area within the frame and bounded by the upper horizontal member, the two vertical members, and the upper tine system support;
• the upper tine system support being coupled to each vertical member, being generally parallel to upper horizontal member and lower horizontal member, and being adapted and configured for supporting one or more tines;
• the lower tine system support being coupled to each vertical member, being generally parallel to the upper horizontal member, the lower horizontal member, and the upper tine system support member, and being adapted and configured for supporting one or more tines;
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• the mounting member being adapted and configured for coupling the implement to a vehicle;
• the tine system comprising a three or more generally parallel and coplanar tines, each tine being generally L-shaped and including a post member and a blade, each tine blade projecting forward from the support member and comprising a major surface and a minor surface, the major surface defining a flat cross section, adjacent tines defining a void therebetween;
• the flat cross section of the tine blades forming a coplanar array and a tine system having a flat cross section;
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• each side member extending upward from a tine on an edge of the implement, extending forward from the support member, and being arranged and configured for retaining objects on the tine system.

A multi-tine lifting implement comprising:

• a support member, a tine system, and one or more side members;
• the support member being adapted and configured for coupling the lifting implement to a vehicle and for supporting the tine system;
• the tine system comprising a three or more generally parallel and coplanar tines, each tine comprising a blade, each tine blade comprising a major surface and a minor surface, the major surface defining a flat cross section and projecting forward from the support member, adjacent tines defining a void therebetween;
• the flat cross section of the tine blades forming a coplanar array and a tine system having a flat cross section;
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• each side member extending upward from a tine on an edge of the implement, extending forward from the support member, and being arranged and configured for retaining objects on the tine system.

A lifting system comprising a skid steer loader and a multi-tine lifting implement, the multi-tine lifting implement comprising:

• a support member, a tine system, and one or more side members;
• the support member being adapted and configured for coupling the lifting implement to a vehicle and for supporting the tine system;
• the tine system comprising a three or more generally parallel and coplanar tines, each tine being generally L-shaped and including a post member and a blade, each tine blade comprising a major surface and a minor surface, the major surface defining a flat cross section and projecting forward from the support member, adjacent tines defining a void therebetween;
• the flat cross section of the tine blades forming a coplanar array and a tine system having a flat cross section;
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• each side member extending upward from a tine on an edge of the implement, extending forward from the support member, and being arranged and configured for retaining objects on the tine system.