Patent ID: 8585327

Claim:
An apparatus for handling and positioning foundation devices, and/or pipes, and/or augers that is attachable to the boom of a construction vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a mounting for hingedly connecting the apparatus to a coupling point of the boom that is a point of direct attachment of the mounting to the boom; and a drive head rigidly connected to the mounting and configured as a rotational driving, and/or drilling, and/or impact drilling, and/or pile-driving drive, the foundation device/pipe/auger being couplable to the drive head so as to allow handling and actuation of the foundation device/pipe/auger, the coupling point being laterally displaceable with respect to the drive head in at least a first direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the foundation device/pipe/auger upon movements of the boom throughout the entire rotational driving process of the drive head so as to provide the coupling point with the freedom to move in the at least a first direction, which is out of said longitudinal axis of the foundation device/pipe/auger, without applying a force laterally thereto that would pull the foundation device/pipe/auger askew.