Patent ID: 9745714
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: E02F

Claim:
1. An earth moving implement comprising: (a) left and right rails having forward and rearward ends; (b) a bucket fitted for receipt between the left and right rails, the bucket having left and right ends; (c) left and right pivot axles interconnecting the bucket and the left and right rails, the left and right pivot axles facilitating rotations and counter-rotations of the bucket between an earth scooping position and an earth blading position; (d) left and right arms fixedly attached to and respectively extending leftwardly and rightwardly from the bucket's left and right ends, the left and right arms having proximal ends respectively underlying the left and right rails; (e) left and right linear motion actuators, each of said actuators having a bucket end and a base end, said actuators being respectively positioned leftwardly and rightwardly from the left and right rails, and said actuators' bucket ends being respectively pivotally attached to the left and right arms; (f) left and right mounts respectively fixedly positioned at the left and right rails' rearward ends, the left and right linear motion actuators' base ends being respectively pivotally attached to the left and right mounts for actuating the bucket's rotations and counter-rotations; (g) a plurality of wheels connected operatively to the left and right rails' rearward ends; and (h) towing means connected operatively to the left and right rails' forward ends.