Patent ID: 8632027

Claim:
A chicken litter scraper, hauler and compacter comprising: a frame including a front longitudinal member, a first lateral longitudinal member, a second lateral longitudinal member, and a rear longitudinal member forming a rectangle surrounding a chicken litter container; a first lateral upright frame member rigidly attached to and extending up from a rearward upper surface of said first lateral longitudinal member and a second lateral upright frame member rigidly attached to and extending up from a rearward upper surface of said second lateral longitudinal members; a first rear upright frame member and a second rear upright frame member rigidly attached to and extending up from an upper surface of said rear longitudinal member; a pair of trucks each one comprising a truck frame including at least one axle and at least one wheel, an upper free end of said truck frame being pivotally connected to at least one lugs rigidly attached to a rear surface of said frame; frame lifting means pivotally connected between each one of said trucks and said frame; said frame including a connecting means for connecting said frame to a towing vehicle; said container comprising a base platform, a pair of opposing lateral upright walls rigidly secured to opposing lateral edges of said base, a second longitudinal member rigidly connecting an upper rear edge of a first one of said pair of opposing lateral upright walls to an upper rear edge of a second one of said opposing lateral upright walls, said second longitudinal member extending distally beyond each of said lateral upright walls and free ends of said second longitudinal member being journalled for rotation on upper free ends of each of said lateral upright frame members, said lateral upright frame members being so positioned as to allow said container to empty contents held within in front of said trucks as said container is pivoted upward, a rear wall forming a tailgate, said tailgate being hingedly attached to said second longitudinal member and capable of being held closed by a locking means against said rear upright edges of said two lateral walls and capable of being released to swing free on said hinged attachment at said upper rear edge of said two lateral walls; container tilting means pivotally connecting to said frame and to said container; and a scraper blade attached to a leading edge of said base and canted thereon so that said blade is capable of scraping chicken litter from a chicken house floor and into said container as said container is urged across said floor.