Patent ID: 8888025
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: E01C

Abstract:
1. A material spreader mountable to a rearwardly projecting bumper of a vehicle for conveying and spreading material, the vehicle including a rearwardly projecting hitch receiver, the material spreader comprising: a hopper for holding material to be spread; a spinner for distributing material supplied from the hopper; a drive assembly for driving the spinner; a frame supporting the hopper and having a forwardly projecting hitch mount configured for coupling to the rearwardly projecting hitch receiver of the vehicle; a support having an underside for resting atop a top surface of the bumper, the support having a portion thereof spaced apart from and movable vertically relative to the frame; and a tie down connected between the support and the frame for urging the support and the hitch mount towards one another while said portion of the support and the frame remain in spaced-apart relationship to effect a clamping action on the receiver and the bumper.