Patent ID: 6067733
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: E02F,Y10S

Abstract:
A ditch trenching device for earth moving equipment that uses buckets and optionally front end loader buckets and skid loader buckets comprising:a bucket having an upper portion and a lower portion and attachable to earth moving equipment, the lower portion of the bucket having a depth and width;a dirt port dimensioned in a mid section of a lower portion of said bucket, said port is sized to be substantially the depth of said bucket and its width is a size of a desired trench;a trencher attached to said dirt port having a depth substantially the same as said depth of said bucket and a width less than said width of said bucket for digging said trench whereby said width creates said trench for laying pipe, tubes, cable and wires;at least two side members each having a front, a back, top, and floor, and being spaced apart and attached to said bucket at a location of said port and spaced apart said width of said port, said floor being generally parallel to said lower portion of said bucket and having an acute angle between said front and floor of said side members, wherein said floor of each side member has a distal and proximal end;a first cutting edge placed on said distal end of said floor having teeth attached to said first cutting edge;a second cutting edge attached to the front of each side member;a front brace attached to the front of each of said side members to strengthen said sides;a back brace placed between said sides and connected to said floor and said back;a skid placed on an outside portion of said floor; anda support brace attached to an outside portion of said back brace.