Patent ID: 8596914
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: E02F,F16L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for forming a substantially uniform path within a trench, laying tile thereon, and covering the tile with dirt from the trench, the apparatus comprising: a housing having opposed sidewalls, a front wall, a bottom wall having a straight portion and an angularly offset portion, a rear side, and a top side; the straight portion of the bottom wall extending past the front wall; the rear side having an exit; a cavity being between the sidewalls, the front wall, the bottom wall, the rear side, and the top side; a hook secured to the bottom wall straight portion, the hook configured for engagement with a bucket of a machine; a pipe insertion frame extending upwardly from the housing top side, terminating in a rounded upper perimeter, and defining a pipe insertion cavity; a lower sloping support wall inside the housing cavity for directing tile laying thereon from the housing top side to the rear side exit, an upper end of the lower sloping support wall being in line with the pipe insertion cavity, a lower end of the lower sloping support wall being in line with the rear side exit and terminating at a first end of the bottom wall angularly offset portion, the lower sloping support wall being arcuate between the lower sloping support wall upper and lower ends; an upper sloping support wall inside the housing cavity for directing tile from the housing top side to the rear side exit, a lower end of the upper sloping support wall being adjacent the rear side exit and terminating at a second end of the bottom wall angularly offset portion; a blade adjacent the housing rear side above the rear side exit, the blade extending beyond at least one of the housing sidewalls to obtain dirt from at least one side of the trench; a grip extending above the housing top side and the pipe insertion frame, the grip configured for engagement with the machine bucket; and a rigid curved portion extending beneath the housing bottom wall for forming a substantially uniform path in the trench as the housing is moved along the trench.