Patent ID: 7178657

Claim:
A concrete chute attachment for use with a concrete mixing truck chute, the chute attachment comprising: a hollow U-shaped trough comprising a lower half of a cylinder with an open top and a pair of linear upper peripheral edges, the trough having an attachment end for the mixing truck chute; an chute attachment means for the attachment end, the chute attachment means comprising a pair of inverted U-shaped clips attached perpendicularly to the linear upper peripheral edges of the trough respectively, each clip comprising: a spring loop of the clip; a loop constriction continuing from the spring loop; a spring clip flare extended downward and outward from the spring loop constriction, each flare providing for selective attachment of the attachment end of the trough to the chute of the concrete truck; a delivery end of the trough; an end plate of the delivery end, an upper edge of the end plate coinciding with the upper peripheral edges of the trough, the end plate attached to the trough, thereby forming a blockade at the delivery end of the trough; an aperture on a bottom of the delivery end of the trough, the aperture for exit of concrete; a funnel attached to the aperture, the funnel comprising an upper cone tapering downward into a lower cone; an outlet nozzle attached to the lower cone of the funnel.