Patent ID: 6523619
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
A dirt grading implement having a lowermost surface, the dirt grading implement comprising:(a) a mounting plate having a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, and having a lower end, the back side of the mounting plate being adapted for removable attachment to the lift arms of a skid steer loader, to the lift arm of a front loader tractor, to the boom arm of an excavator or tractor backhoe, or to a rear three point tractor hitch; and, (b) a bar fixedly attached to the lower end of the mounting plate, the bar comprising a central section, a leftwardly extending section and a rightwardly extending section, the leftwardly and rightwardly extending sections respectively extending leftwardly and rightwardly from the left and right sides of the mounting plate, the bar having a forwardly oriented dirt engaging face and a downwardly oriented dirt engaging face, the downwardly oriented dirt engaging face comprising the lowermost surface, the bar further having a rearwardly oriented dirt engaging face, the downwardly oriented dirt engaging face spanning between the forwardly oriented dirt engaging face and the rearwardly oriented dirt engaging face, the bar further having a plurality of arcuately curved implement deflecting faces, each implement deflecting face being positioned at a juncture between dirt engaging faces.