Patent ID: 7789613
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: E02F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A bucket loader mountable on a prime mover comprising: a frame securable to the prime mover to be mounted thereon; a linear actuator supported on said frame and having a base housing and an extendable piston; a lift linkage pivotally supported on said frame for vertical movement relative thereto, said lift linkage being connected to said linear actuator to power said vertical movement; a loader bucket pivotally supported from said frame, said loader bucket having a base plate and a bucket shell pivotally connected to said base plate; and a selector link mounted on said loader bucket and being selectively engagable with said linear actuator to be configured in a first mode of operation to cause vertical movement of said loader bucket and in a second mode of operation to cause pivotal movement of said bucket shell relative to said base plate.