Patent ID: 7226267
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
1. A material relocation apparatus comprising; a frame structure means having a support member with a front area and a rear area; a generally upright bucket means pivotally mounted at its general bottom center to the general rear area of said support member of said frame structure means; a power transfer means comprising at least one conventional cylinder means having an accompanying piston means, said cylinder means mounted to the general front area of said support member of said frame structure means; and a linkage means for connecting said piston means and said bucket means, such that the extension of said piston means pivots said bucket means in the general backward direction, and the retraction of said pivot means pivots said bucket means in the general forward direction; whereby said apparatus may be part of a motorized vehicle, or attached to a motorized vehicle through an attachment means mounted to the front area of said frame structure means, said motorized vehicle having a hydraulic supply operatively connected to said cylinder means, said hydraulic supply used to extend and retract said piston, with the open end of said bucket means pointing in the general backward direction when said piston means is fully extended, and the open end of said bucket means is pointing in the general forward direction when said piston means is fully retracted, with the point of connection between said linkage means and said bucket means forming a reciprocating arcuate path when said bucket means is pivoted.