Patent ID: 7086184

Claim:
A combination grapple rake and subsoiling implement adapted for pivotal attachment to an excavating machine consisting essentially of: (a) a frame; (b) a plurality of discrete tines, wherein each of said tines has a proximal end securely attached to said frame and further wherein each of said tines has a distal end; (c) a thumb pivotally attached to said frame by a proximal end in the vicinity of the proximal end of each of said tines; (d) at least one shank socket affixed to said frame, said socket adapted to receive and secure a subsoiling shank having a substantially pointed earth-working end, and wherein said socket is further adapted to orient said shank in an operating position when said tines are substantially parallel to the ground; and (e) at least one coulter blade secure to one of said tines, said blade having a leading edge extending from the vicinity of the distal end of said one tine to the vicinity of said shank socket.