Patent ID: 6533529
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B66C,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
An adjustable coupling connector for coupling a tool to an excavator, said connector comprising:(a) a base for attachment to said tool; (b) a first rod suspended in a fixed position relative to said base; (c) an adjustable rod assembly having a second rod and an adjustment apparatus for adjustably positioning said second rod a selected distance from said first rod, wherein said adjustment apparatus includes (i) a first circular plate attached to a first end of said second rod at a position off of a center of said first circular plate; (ii) a second circular plate coaxially disposed to said first circular plate and attached to a second end of said second rod; and (iii) plate support apparatus for rotatably mounting said first and second circular plates, wherein said support apparatus includes a first support plate extending from said base and having a hole therethrough for rotatably supporting said first circular plate, and a second support plate extending from said base and having a hole therethrough for rotatably supporting said second circular plate, a first side plate apparatus attached to said first support plate and covering a portion of said hole in said first support plate so as to retain said first circular plate within said hole in said first support plate, a second side plate apparatus attached to said second support plate and covering a portion of said hole in said second support plate so as to retain said second circular plate within said hole in said second support plate, â€ƒwherein said first circular plate has at least one hole therethrough, and said second circular plate has at least one hole therethrough, and said first and second side plate apparatus each have a plurality of holes therethrough and each said hole in said first side plate apparatus is positioned so as to be adjustable with at least one hole in said first circular plate, and each said hole in said second side plate apparatus is positioned so as to be adjustable with at least one hole in said second circular plate.