Patent ID: 7331748

Claim:
An assembly for mounting various work tools to a construction vehicle ( 20 ) comprising; a platform ( 22 ), a plurality of stabilizing legs ( 24 ) extending from said platform ( 22 ) for engaging the ground to stabilize said platform ( 22 ), a pair of parallel and spaced connectors for connecting said platform ( 22 ) at spaced positions along a pair of parallel frame members ( 28 ) of a vehicle ( 20 ), said platform ( 22 ) including a pair of main beams ( 26 ) disposed in spaced and parallel relationship to one another for extending transversely between ends and across the frame members ( 28 ) with one of said connectors disposed on each main beam ( 26 ) for attaching each main beam ( 26 ) to both of the frame members ( 28 ), said platform ( 22 ) includes a main cross-beam ( 40 ) interconnecting said main beams ( 26 ), a cross tie ( 46 ) extending between said stabilizing legs ( 24 ) at opposite ends of each of said main beams ( 26 ), one of said stabilizing legs ( 24 ) extending downwardly from each end of each of said main beams ( 26 ) with a pair of stabilizing legs ( 24 ) extending parallel to one another from opposite ends of the main beams ( 26 ), and a first leg cross-beam ( 42 ) extending transversely to and interconnecting a first pair of said stabilizing legs ( 24 ).