Patent ID: 8734082

Claim:
An improved implement support device suitably adapted to being attached to an undercarriage of a vehicle, said device comprising an implement support structure, said implement support structure comprising a first implement support arm, said first implement support arm being elongate and substantially rigid and having a proximate end and a distal end, said first implement support arm being attached at its proximate end to the undercarriage of the vehicle, and said distal end of said first implement support arm extending from the vehicle; said implement support structure further comprising a rotating cross member, said rotating cross member being elongate and substantially rigid and having a first end and a second end, said rotating cross member being rotationally attached to the undercarriage of the vehicle at its first end, and said rotating cross member being rotationally attached to the undercarriage of the vehicle at its second end; said implement support structure further comprising a first lift arm, said first lift arm being elongate and substantially rigid and having a proximate end, a distal end, and an open bracket located at its distal end, said bracket being suitably adapted to retain therein a portion of the first implement support arm, said first lift arm being attached at its proximate end to the rotating cross member, said first lift arm being located above the first implement support arm, and said first lift arm suitably adapted to support the first implement support arm, whereby the first implement support arm is slidably adjacent to the bracket of the first lift arm; a lift mechanism, whereby said lift mechanism is suitably adapted to cause bi-directional rotation of the rotating cross member, whereby rotation of the rotating cross member causes the distal end of the first lift arm to move in an upward direction and in a downward direction, thereby causing the distal end of the first implement support arm to move in an upward direction and a downward direction; and a swing mechanism, whereby said swing mechanism is suitably adapted to move the distal end of the first implement support arm substantially laterally in both a leftward direction and a rightward direction.