Patent ID: 7766582

Claim:
A trench box handling device, comprising: a first axis a first wall contact member movable along a first axis; a second wall contact member movable along one of the first axis and a second axis; a housing having a first opening and a second opening formed therein, the first wall contact member and the second wall contact member disposed at least partly in the housing, the first opening configured for the first wall contact member to selectively move outwardly therethrough, and the second opening configured for the second wall contact member to selectively move outwardly therethrough; a first motor means configured to actuate the first wall contact member, and a second motor means configured to actuate the second wall contact member, the first wall contact member coupled to the first motor means and the second wall contact member coupled to the second motor means; and a coupling for attaching the first and second wall contact members and the first and second motor means to a prime mover, the coupling including a pair of spaced apart attachment shafts attached to the housing and configured to cooperate with a hydraulic quick coupler of the prime mover, wherein the first wall contact member is configured to selectively engage an aperture formed in an inner surface of a first wall of the trench box at a first position, and the second wall contact member is configured to selectively engage an aperture formed in an inner surface of a second wall of the trench box at a second position.