Patent ID: 7354239

Claim:
A mounting device for securing a grapple tooth bar to a loader bucket or fork, the mounting device comprising: a first guide arm rotatably attachable to the loader bucket or fork and including a first distal end, the first guide arm further rotatably attachable to loader buckets or forks having different widths; a second guide arm spaced apart from the first guide arm and including a second distal end, the second guide arm rotatably attachable to the loader bucket or fork, and the second guide arm further rotatably attachable to loader buckets or forks having different widths; a grapple tooth bar mounting bracket attached to the first distal end of the first guide arm and the second distal end of the second guide arm, the grapple tooth bar mounting bracket defining a channel extending from the first guide arm to the second guide arm; a grapple tooth bar positionable within the channel in the grapple tooth bar mounting bracket; and at least one securing mechanism for detachably securing the grapple tooth bar to the grapple tooth bar mounting bracket such that the grapple tooth bar is replaceable with grapple tooth bars of different lengths that are detachably securable to the grapple tooth bar mounting bracket within the channel.