Patent ID: 8869936

Claim:
An attachment for a front-end loader for a tractor or similar vehicle, comprising: a deck, normally positioned horizontally, comprising an approximately flat, rigid, solid, rectangular surface comprising equal-length boards or sheets made from wood or a synthetic material, and two or more angle iron or channel iron supports positioned across an entire width of said boards or sheets and bolted to said boards or sheets and capable of rigidly holding said boards or sheets in place and supporting said surface; a back, normally positioned vertically, comprising an approximately flat, rigid, rectangular surface having three rectangular regions: a bottom region, a middle region, and a top region; with the bottom and top regions comprising boards or sheets made from wood or a synthetic material, and the middle region comprising a grill or mesh or strips fastened to the top of said bottom region and to the bottom of said top region; and an equal number of angle iron or channel iron supports as used for the deck, with said supports positioned vertically across the combined height of said bottom, middle, and top regions and bolted to said boards or sheets of said bottom and top regions, and capable of rigidly holding said boards or sheets in place and supporting said surface, wherein the length of said boards or sheets is the same as the length of said boards or sheets in said deck, and wherein the spacing of the said supports across said back is the same as the spacing of the said deck supports across said deck; one or two steel braces for each deck support, each said brace shaped like a flat corner iron comprising two approximately perpendicular legs, with one leg of each said brace fastened by bolting or welding or riveting to one side of the back end of one deck support, and the other leg of said brace fastened by bolting or welding or riveting to the corresponding side of the bottom end of the back support at the same lateral spacing as said deck support, so as to rigidly hold the back of the attachment at the back edge of the deck at approximately a 90 degree angle; and at least one bracket attached to the back side of the bottom region of said back, and designed for connecting the attachment to said front-end loader, wherein the at least one bracket can be connected to the hydraulic arms of said front-end loader so that the said loader is able to lift, lower, and tilt said attachment, whereby objects or materials can be loaded onto said attachment and then lifted, tilted, carried, and dumped by the tractor operator.