Patent ID: 8789722

Claim:
A bedding box for storing bedding stone and being configured to be transported by an excavator having a bucket with a bucket width (W B ) and having a scraper blade, the bedding box comprising: a container terminating in a distal end plate and a proximal end plate, said container being further bounded by side plates and a bottom plate, said distal end plate, said proximal end plate, and said side plates terminating at a container upper rim; wing plates affixed to said side plates at said container upper rim and being canted with respect to the same by an angle (ω) so as to extend upward and outward from said container; gussets affixed to said side plates and said wing plates; a distal end frame attached to said distal end plate of said container, said distal end frame extending above said container and having, a pair of uprights terminating in upright free ends, a reinforcing bar having a length (L) that is greater than the bucket width (W B ), said reinforcing bar traversing between said uprights, said reinforcing bar extending substantially horizontally and being positioned adjacent said container upper rim, and a substantially horizontal lift bar that attaches to said upright free ends, said lift bar extending parallel to and residing above said reinforcing bar and being spaced apart therefrom; a proximal end frame attached to said proximal end plate of said container; at least one support bracket affixed to said proximal end frame and having a downward-facing bracket bearing surface positioned to be engagable with the scraper blade of the excavator to allow said at least one support bracket to be supported thereon; and at least two skids having a skid height (H) and residing below said bottom plate and substantially spanning between said distal end plate and said proximal end plate.