Patent ID: 6328115
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
In a wheeled dirt scraper apparatus which is pulled behind a motorized vehicle to remove dirt from and level uneven terrain, the apparatus comprising a box member to retain loose dirt removed by the apparatus, the box member comprising a pair of generally upright lateral wing members bridged by a back panel member, the wing members each having a bottom edge and the back panel member having a bottom edge, with a generally horizontally disposed laterally extending blade member depending from the back panel member, the improvement comprising:stabilizer means attached to said box member to reduce bounce effects caused by uneven terrain, said stabilizer means comprising a pair of longitudinally elongated stabilizer rail members, where one said stabilizer rail member is pivotally mounted to one of said wing members and the other of said stabilizer rail members is pivotally mounted to the other of said wing members, said stabilizer rail members being mounted externally and laterally to said wing members, where said stabilizer rail members can pivot in the vertical direction relative to said wing members, where said stabilizer rail members each comprise a lower surface having a ground contact surface area greater than the ground contact surface area of said lower edge of said wing member, and where said stabilizer rail members are mounted to said wing members such that said lower surfaces of said stabilizer rail members can be disposed even with or below said bottom edges of said wing members;said stabilizer means further comprising damping means to damp the rate of vertical travel of said stabilizing rail members.