Patent ID: 7950895

Claim:
A device that receives a bale of agricultural product and that attaches to a bucket of a piece of equipment wherein said device disassembles into a compact form for storage and shipment, comprising: a spear having a narrow elongated shape and a pointed tip, a tapered section behind said tip, a shaft behind said tapered section, and a base of said shaft opposite said tip; said shaft having an aperture therethrough proximate said base; at least one spike having a pointed tip and an opposite rear, and an aperture therethrough proximate said rear; a frame engagable upon the lower cutting edge of the bucket, said frame including an elongated tube receiving said spear, a bracket receiving said tube, and at least one socket mutually parallel and spaced away from said tube, and at least one socket receiving one of a spike; said tube having a front and an opposite rear, a flange fitting upon the circumference of said tube proximate said front, said flange having at least one bolt hole locating off center, a tab extending outwardly from said flange and deflecting away from said front, said tab having an aperture therethrough, said tube having a bolt hole therethrough away from said flange said bolt hole aligning with said aperture of said spear for securement by bolting, and said tube having a second bolt hole proximate said rear and upon an axis perpendicular to the axis of said first bolt hole generally perpendicular to said bucket when installed upon its lower cutting edge; said bracket having a web and at least one flange perpendicular to said web, said flange restable upon the bucket, said web having a centered opening receiving said tube and at least one bolt hole outwardly of said opening and cooperating with said bolt hole upon said flange, said socket attaching to said web with an opening of said socket on a common centerline with said centered opening, each of said sockets having bolt hole therethrough and aligning with the aperture of each of said spikes for securement by bolting.