Patent ID: 6969226

Claim:
A front end loader bucket discharge funnel and distributor chute comprising: a funnel having a bucket receiving portion and a converging portion; said bucket receiving portion defining an opening for receiving the front portion of a front end loader bucket; said bucket receiving portion having bucket engaging guides and a hook engaging bar; funnel engaging hooks mountable on the front portion of the front end loader bucket for engaging said hook engaging bar; said bucket engaging guides engaging the front end loader bucket when said funnel engaging hooks engage said hook engaging bar; said converging portion of said funnel having an outlet end defining an outlet opening substantially smaller than said opening defined by said bucket receiving portion; and a delivery chute attached to and extending from said funnel outlet end; said delivery chute being aligned with said funnel outlet opening so as to receive disperse material from said bucket via said funnel; whereby, upon said front loader bucket mounted on a tractor being filled with disperse material, the front portion of the bucket may be inserted into said bucket receiving portion of said funnel by driving the tractor forward until the bucket engages said guides, the bucket raised by the tractor until said engaging hooks engage said hook engaging bar, thereby engaging the funnel and delivery chute, the bucket then raised along with the funnel and delivery chute, the tractor driven to a delivery site, and the funnel and chute lowered over a wall the disperse material being delivered by gravity to a location below the wall by traveling from the bucket, through the funnel, and then through the chute to a desired point at the outlet of the chute.