Rake assembly

A rake assembly, said assembly being mountable to a tractor, said assembly comprising:

• a mounting assembly for mounting to a tractor comprising a pair of bars, each of said bars being elongate and having a first end and a second end, said first ends of said bars being fixedly coupled together, said bars forming an inverted V-shape, a juncture of said first ends of said bars defining a top edge, two upstanding members extend upwardly from said top edge and said upstanding members are integrally coupled to said top edge, said upstanding members being spaced, said upstanding members each having a bore therethrough, said bores being generally coaxial;
• an arm having a first end, a second end and a middle portion, said middle portion of said arm being fixedly coupled to said second ends of said bars of said mounting assembly, said arm having a generally rectangular cross-section taken transverse to a longitudinal axis of said arm, said arm having four faces generally orientated at an acute angle to a ground surface, said acute angle being generally equal to approximately forty-five degrees;
• securing means for securing said arm to the tractor being coupled to said arm, each of said securing means being a bracket adapted to couple to the tractor;
• a plurality of fingers for raking the ground surface, each of said fingers comprising:
• an elongate member, said elongate member having a first end, a second end and a middle portion, said elongate member having a bore therein, said bore being generally adjacent to said first end of said elongate member, said middle portion of said elongate member having a curve therein such that a length of said elongate member forms a loop that loops about the first end so that said middle portion loops about said arm when said fingers are mounted on said arm, said curve being nearer said first end than said second end, said first end of said elongate member being directed toward said middle portion, said second end of said elongate member extending away from said bore along a line orientated generally parallel to a radial axis of said bore, said curve having an inside portion;
• a bracket for securing said elongate member to said arm, said bracket being generally L-shaped, said bracket having a first leg and a second leg, each of said first and second legs having a free edge, said first leg having a bore therein, said bore being generally adjacent to said free edge, said second leg having a slot therein for receiving said elongate member, said slot being generally adjacent to said free edge of said second leg;
• a fastening means for fastening said bracket to said elongate member, said fastening means extending through said bore in said elongate member and said bore in said bracket said fastening means being a bolt;
• a head portion mounted on said second end of said elongate member for contacting the ground surface, said head portion having a first end and a second end, said head portion being generally hollow, said first end being open, said second end having a rounded exterior surface, said second end of said elongate member being fixedly inserted in said first end of said head portion;
• wherein a portion of said elongate member is generally adjacent to said first end is abutted against an edge of said arm, wherein said bracket is abutted against said arm such that said first end of said elongate member is inserted through said slot and said bore in said bracket is coaxially aligned with said bore in said elongate member, wherein said second end of said elongate member is directed away from said tractor and toward the ground surface;
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• wherein a plurality of fingers are removably coupled to said arm, each of said fingers being spaced.

A rake assembly, said assembly being mountable to a tractor, said assembly comprising:

• a mounting assembly for mounting to a tractor;
• an arm having a first end, a second end and a middle portion, said arm being fixedly coupled to said mounting assembly;
• securing means for securing said arm to the tractor;
• a plurality of fingers for raking the ground surface, each of said fingers being mountable to said arm, each of said fingers comprising:
• an elongate member having a first end, a second end and a middle portion having a curve therein such that a length of said elongate member forms a loop that loops about the first end for looping said middle portion about said arm when said finger is mounted on said arm;
• a bracket for securing said elongate member to said arm;
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• a head portion mounted on said second end of said elongate member for contacting the ground surface.