Post puller
OwnerPaul B. Beardeninventor
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Abstract
A post puller is provided which is useable with a front end loader to pull a post out of the ground in a manner described herein. The post puller includes a pipe and a pair of tooth members integrally connected to the interior surface of the pipe at opposing ends thereof. The tooth members are transversely opposite one another in the pipe so as to be on opposite sides of the pipe. A mounting member is integrally connected to the exterior surface of the pipe, and a connection mechanism fixedly but removably connects the mounting member to a bucket of the front end loader to thereby fixedly mount the pipe to the bucket.
Claims19
A post puller for use with a front end loader having a bucket, comprising:
- a pipe having a longitudinal axis, opposing ends, an interior surface, and an exterior surface;
- a first tooth member integrally connected to the interior surface of the pipe at one end thereof, the first tooth member having opposing, circumferentially spaced first ends and an inner edge extending between such first ends so as to arch outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the pipe;
- a second tooth member integrally connected to the interior surface of the pipe at the other end thereof and transversely opposite the first tooth member, the second tooth member having opposing, circumferentially spaced second ends and an inner edge extending between such second ends so as to arch outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the pipe;
- a mounting member integrally connected to the exterior surface of the pipe;
- and connection means for fixedly but removably connecting the mounting member to the bucket to thereby fixedly mount the pipe to the bucket.
An apparatus comprising:
- a loader bucket having a side wall and a bottom wall;
- a pipe fixedly mounted to the side wall of the bucket and having an upper end, a lower end, a longitudinal axis, an interior surface, and an exterior surface;
- a first tooth member integrally connected to the interior surface of the pipe at its upper end, the first tooth member having opposing, circumferentially spaced first ends and an inner edge extending between such first ends so as to arch outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the pipe;
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- a second tooth member integrally connected to the interior surface of the pipe at its lower end and transversely opposite the first tooth member, the second tooth member having opposing, circumferentially spaced second ends and an inner edge extending between such second ends so as to arch outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the pipe.
A post puller for use with a front end loader having a bucket, comprising:
- a pipe having a longitudinal axis, opposing ends, an interior surface, and an exterior surface;
- a first tooth member integrally connected to the interior surface of the pipe at one end thereof, the first tooth member having opposing, circumferentially spaced first ends and an inner edge extending between such first ends so as to arch outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the pipe;
- a second tooth member integrally connected to the interior surface of the pipe at the other end thereof and transversely opposite the first tooth member, the second tooth member having opposing, circumferentially spaced second ends and an inner edge extending between such second ends so as to arch outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the pipe;
- a mounting member integrally connected to the exterior surface of the pipe, the mounting member having opposing sides;
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- connection means for fixedly but removably connecting the mounting member to the bucket to thereby fixedly mount the pipe to the bucket, wherein the connection means includes a plate integrally connected to and extending along the length of the mounting member, the plate having opposing sides and being wider than the mounting member such that the opposing sides of the plate overlap corresponding sides of the mounting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.