Patent ID: 8360707

Claim:
An apparatus mountable on a front end assembly of a prime mover, pivotal relative to said prime mover about a transverse axis, comprising: a base member mountable on said assembly; a carrier disposed within a recess in a front side of said base member, permanently mounted on a guide member disposed on said base member confined within upper and lower ends thereof, displaceable along a transverse line of travel between first and second positions; and a boom mounted on said carrier, pivotal about an axis disposed perpendicular to and in a plane including said line of travel between an inoperative position disposed along said line of travel when said carrier is in said first position and an operative position disposed at an angle to said line of travel when said carrier is in said second position, wherein said base member comprises a coupler and including an implement detachably connectable to said coupler, and said boom includes means for detachably securing said implement thereto for lifting said implement when detached from said coupler.