Patent ID: 8857080

Claim:
In combination with a front end skid loader vehicle having pivotally supported side arms pivotally connected to a bucket having a bottom wall rigidly connecting opposite vertical side walls, the improvement comprising an ejector assembly located within said bucket and including an ejector plate positioned substantially perpendicular to said bottom wall, said ejector plate extending between said side wall for movement parallel to said bottom wall and between a rearward collapsed position and a forward discharge position, a set of vertically spaced elongated forward tracks rigidly connected to said ejector plate and extending horizontally between said side walls parallel to said bottom wall of said bucket, a set of vertically spaced rearward tracks extending horizontally parallel to said forward tracks and rigidly connected to said bucket, a scissor mechanism including an upper set of pivotally connected and crossing link members and a lower set of pivotally connected and crossing link members with said lower set of crossing link members spaced below said upper set of said crossing link members and with each set of crossing link members extending parallel to said bottom wall of said bucket, each said set of crossing link members having end portions pivotally connected to said forward tracks and to said rearward tracks and opposite end portions connected for linear movement on said forward tracks and said rearward tracks, and a hydraulic cylinder unit extending within a space between said upper set of crossing link members and said lower set of crossing link members in parallel relation to said bottom wall of said bucket and pivotally connected to said rearward tracks and pivotally connected to each said set of crossing link members.