Patent ID: 7172033

Claim:
A culvert opening and cleaning apparatus for use with heavy machinery, comprising: a telescoping arm member adapted to be mounted to an implement of a heavy machinery such that the telescoping arm is oriented vertically and where the telescoping arm member having an outer housing and an inner concentric arm that are telescopically slidable relative to each other; a culvert cleaning tool substantially orthogonally mounted to the inner arm of the telescoping arm member and said culvert cleaning tool having a convex upward facing surface; and a telescoping ram having at least one concentric cylinder and a piston that are telescopically slidable relative to each other and mounted in a substantially parallel side-by-side relationship relative to the telescoping arm, wherein a distal end of the piston is attached to the culvert cleaning tool for positing the culvert cleaning tool to be inserted in an opening of a culvert.