Patent ID: 7566197

Claim:
An implement capable of attachment to a utility vehicle having a first boom, a second boom, at least one lift cylinder for raising and lowering the booms and at least one coupler cylinder for rotating the implement forward and backward, the implement comprising: a first pair of pinching fingers comprising a first top pincer claw, a first bottom pincer claw and a first pincer claw cylinder connected to the first top pincer claw and the first bottom pincer claw, the first pincer claw cylinder distant from both the first boom and the second boom, the first top pincer claw being rotatably attached to the first bottom pincer claw at a first hinge so that the first top pincer claw and the first bottom pincer claw may be opened and closed relative to one another upon activation of the first pincer claw cylinder; a second pair of pinching fingers comprising a second top pincer claw, a second bottom pincer claw and a second pincer claw cylinder connected to the second top pincer claw and the second bottom pincer claw, the second top pincer claw being rotatably attached to the second bottom pincer claw at a second hinge so that the second top pincer claw and the second bottom pincer claw may be opened and closed relative to one another upon activation of the second pincer claw cylinder; the first pair of pinching fingers and the second pair of pinching fingers each have a width less than twelve inches; the first top pincer claw includes a top claw plate located above the first pincer claw cylinder, the first pincer claw cylinder includes a rod exiting from a rod end of a hydraulic cylinder, the first pincer claw cylinder having a rod fully extended state, a rod fully retracted state, and a rod partially extended state, in both the rod fully extended state and the rod fully retracted state, the rod end positioned distant from the top claw plate, and in the rod partially extended state, the rod end positioned proximal to the top claw plate.