Patent ID: 7198312
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: A01G,B66C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use with a vehicle adapted for handling bulky objects, including nursery stock or the like, comprising: first and second elongated arms coupled to said vehicle at a proximal end and extending outwardly from said vehicle, said arms being substantially parallel in a first plane; first handling means coupled to said first elongated arm, said first handling means comprising a first arcuate member disposed in the region of the distal end of said first arm substantially in said first plane with the interior of the arc formed by said first arcuate member facing said second arm, and a first stabilizing member disposed substantially perpendicular to said first arcuate member and extending from said first arcuate member; and second handling means coupled to said second elongated arm, said second handling means comprising a second arcuate member disposed in the region of the distal end of said second arm substantially in said first plane with the interior of the arc formed by said second arcuate member facing said first arm, and a second stabilizing member disposed substantially perpendicular to said second arcuate member and extending from said second arcuate member, such that said first and second arcuate members cooperate to embrace an object to be handled in said first plane and said first and second stabilizing members cooperate to embrace said object in a second plane substantially orthogonal to said first plane.