Patent ID: 7249429

Claim:
A utility tool for attachment to a construction vehicle with a bucket having a floor and side walls, said utility tool comprising: a housing having an substantially planar upper surface; a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket supported by said upper surface and longitudinally spaced from one another; a first mounting arm and a second mounting arm each having a first end for engaging said first and said second mounting brackets respectively and a second end for securing to the side walls of the bucket; said second ends further define an arm hole for aligning with a wall hole defined in the side walls of the bucket; a biasing device coupled to each of said second ends and a pin engaging each of said biasing devices for urging said pin collinearly through said arm hole into engagement with the wall hole such that the bucket remains free of said biasing device when said utility tool is removed from the bucket; a support supporting said biasing device and said pin and having a support hole collinear with said arm hole; said biasing device has as a spring engaging said pin and said support for biasing said pin collinearly through said arm hole for engagement of the wall hole in the bucket; said support further comprises a vertical support leg extending inwardly from said second end and a parallel support leg extending substantially parallel to said second end; said parallel support leg defines said support hole and supports said biasing device and said pin; a stop coupled to said pin and rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein said pin extends through the arm hole in said unlocked position for securing said utility tool to the bucket; wherein said first end positions said upper surface above said second end for allowing said utility tool to connect to the bucket while the bucket is in a lowered position below said housing.