Patent ID: 8083073

Claim:
A loader bucket sieve apparatus comprising, in combination: a front spaced apart from a rear, a first side spaced apart from a second side; a plurality of spaced apart supports, one support disposed at the first side, one support disposed at the second side, at least two additional supports disposed between the first side and the second side, the supports extended from proximal to the front to proximal to the rear, each support further comprising: a plurality of equidistantly spaced apart holes; a claw-shaped connection disposed at the front of each support and a connection disposed at the rear of each support, each connection having an inside edge; a well disposed along the inside edge of each connection, the well having an elongated concave first portion and a concave second portion having a length shorter than a length of the first portion, wherein the second portion faces the first portion; a pair of extensions disposed on each connection, a slightly downwardly curved upper extension disposed above the well, a longer slightly curved lower extension disposed below the well; a plurality of sieves, the sieves disposed within at least some of the holes of the supports; whereby is selectively held between a fore jaw and an aft jaw of a bucket of an existing loader; and wherein each connection disposed on one of the supports proximal to the front and to the rear is removably attached to the loader bucket fore jaw and the loader bucket aft jaw, respectively; wherein the well first portion and the well second portion of each connection are removably attached to an exterior edge and an interior edge, respectively, of the respective aft jaw and fore jaw.