Patent ID: 6401831
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A tool, for use on a powering vehicle having tool mounting structure and at least one lifting arm and at least one tilting arm to move the tool mounting structure vertically and pivotally about a horizontal laterally extending axis, to extract material from the earth, comprising in combination:a frame having laterally spaced upstanding sides interconnected in their lower portions by a tine beam and in their upper portions by an upper horizontal beam, said frame having means for releaseable interconnection with the tool mounting structure of the powering vehicle; and extracting structure having a plurality of elongate extracting tines releaseably carried in laterally spaced array by the tine beam to extend forwardly therefrom in a direction distal from the powering vehicle, at least one of said extracting tines having at least one vertical fin depending from the at least one extracting tine, at least one of said extracting tines having at least one horizontal fin extending laterally from the at least one extracting tine, and at least one of said extracting tines having at least one soil retaining plate extending laterally from the at least one extracting tine.