Patent ID: 6889777
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A post driving implement adapted for use with a vehicle, the vehicle having a hydraulic fluid reservoir, said post driving implement comprising: a weight slidably contained within a channel, said channel including an open end, a closed end, and a longitudinal axis; a hydraulically powered cylinder positioned at said closed end and above said channel, said cylinder having a cylinder rod, said cylinder oriented parallel to said longitudinal axis of said channel, said cylinder rod extending into said channel and interconnected to said weight, wherein said cylinder rod is reciprocated in and out of said cylinder to raise and release the weight onto an object; a plumbing assembly connected to said cylinder and in operable communication with the cylinder and the vehicle; a back plate having a back surface interconnected to the vehicle; and an adjustment mechanism adapted for orienting said longitudinal axis of said channel in a plurality of distinct positions, said adjustment mechanism comprising an adjustment cylinder interconnected on a first end to an adjustment bar and said back plate, said adjustment cylinder interconnected on a second end to an adjustment cylinder rod, said adjustment cylinder rod interconnected to an adjustment slide, said adjustment slide interconnected to said channel, wherein said adjustment bar is selectively slideable within said adjustment slide upon controlling a hydraulic fluid to said adjustment cylinder, and wherein said adjustment mechanism is positioned between said back plate and said channel.