Patent ID: 8006414

Claim:
A multiple purpose front end loader bucket for attachment to a front end loader having lift arms and hydraulic cylinders, the loader bucket comprising: a first frame comprising: a bottom, rear side walls, a rear back wall, first and second pivots for attachment to the lift arms of the front end loader, and third and fourth pivots for attachment to a second frame; said first and second pivots mounting to the first frame and having a pair of pivot mounts, each having a lower pivot for attachment to the lift arms of the front end loader and an upper pivot for attachment to the hydraulic cylinders of a front end loader to pivot said first frame at different angles; a lower section of said side walls, each having protruding teeth to engage and hold objects; said second frame comprising: a bucket floor and front side walls defining an open front face; said front side walls each having a rearwardly directed pincer end and a forwardly directed scraper end; said front side walls each having forward facing edges with a continuous upwardly curved shape along a front face and extending from the bucket floor to a third pivot point and a forth pivot point, rotatably attaching said second frame to said first pivot point and said second pivot point on said first frame, said continuous upwardly curved shape increasing the volume of the bucket; grasping means extending rearwardly from the front side walls; a scraper blade extending across the front of the bucket from said scraper end to each front side wall; a rear plate extending across said second frame from said third pivot point to said fourth pivot point, said rear plate attached to the front walls by a first upper side plate and a second upper side plate, said rear plate positioned above said rear bucket wall when disposed fully into the scrapping position, extends rearward to stop dirt from falling over said rear wall; and the first frame rotatably connected to the second frame along said third pivot point and said forth pivot point to provide rotation of the first and second frames between a pincer configuration and a scooping configuration.