Excavation attachment for powered loader

An excavation attachment for a powered loader having a load bucket attachment structure and a load bucket lifting and tilting mechanism, the excavation attachment, comprising:

• an adapter backing plate having a working face and a loader attachment face opposite said working face;
• a plurality of attachment fittings disposed upon the attachment face of said backing plate adapted for removably attaching said backing plate to the removable load bucket attachment structure of the loader;
• laterally spaced first and second fulcrum arms extending from the working face of said backing plate;
• a fulcrum laterally disposed between said fulcrum arms, for selectively placing upon an underlying surface;
• at least one lever tine permanently and immovably affixed to and extending from said fulcrum and generally opposite said backing plate, for levering an object from the underlying surface by rotating said fulcrum upon the underlying surface by the load bucket tilting mechanism of the loader;
• first and second grappling tine axle lugs, extending respectively from said first and second fulcrum arms;
• a laterally disposed grappling tine axle pivotally secured through said first and second grappling tine axle lugs;
• at least one grappling tine affixed to and extending from said grappling tine axle, generally opposite said at least one lever tine;
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• at least one grappling tine actuator communicating with said grappling tine axle, for selectively pivoting said grappling tine axle and said at least one grappling tine extending therefrom, for selectively grasping an object between said at least one lever tine and said at least one grappling tine.

An excavation attachment in combination with a powered loader, comprising:

• a powered loader having means for removably attaching a load bucket thereto and having means for lifting and tilting a load bucket;
• an excavation attachment having:
• an adapter backing plate with a working face and a loader attachment face opposite said working face;
• a plurality of attachment fittings disposed upon the attachment face of said backing plate, for removably attaching to said removable load bucket attachment means of said loader;
• laterally spaced, first and second fulcrum arms permanently and immovably affixed to and extending from the working face of said backing plate;
• a fulcrum permanently and immovably affixed to and laterally disposed between said fulcrum arms, for selectively placing upon an underlying surface;
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• at least one lever tine permanently and immovably affixed to and extending from said fulcrum and generally opposite said backing plate, for levering an object from the underlying surface by rotating said fulcrum upon the underlying surface by said load bucket tilting means of said loader.