Patent ID: 8893409

Claim:
An excavating bucket apparatus that is pivotally mountable on an articulating arm of a mobile vehicle and configurable for controlled, powered operation, and capable of separating the constituents of the excavated material according to their sizes, the bucket apparatus comprising: a. a scoop member including a frame defining a pair of spaced apart and opposed side panels, the scoop member defining a top carried by and extending between the side panels, the scoop member defining opposed ends extending transversely between the side panels at each of the respective opposite ends of the side panels, each of the opposed ends of the scoop member being open to receive and pass through material engaged by the scoop member, the scoop member defining a bottom disposed generally opposite the top and spaced apart from the top; b. a hitch attached to the top of the scoop member and configured for pivotal connection to the articulating arm of the mobile vehicle; c. a first digging edge carried on a first one of the opposed ends of the scoop member and configured to cut into the material to be excavated, a second digging edge carried on a second one of the opposed ends of the scoop member and configured to cut into the material to be excavated; and d. a screening mechanism carried by the frame and disposed generally at the bottom of the scoop member.