Patent ID: 8615907

Claim:
A grapple device for picking up large amounts of materials, comprising: a torque tube having a first torque pivot point and a second torque pivot point, the torque tube adapted to be mounted on a bucket; a pivot having a first end and an opposite second end, the pivot rotatably connected to the first torque pivot point at a pivot cross tube located at the second end of the pivot, the pivot further having a pivot collar at the first end with first and second pivot faces adjacent the pivot collar; a rod and cylinder operatively connected to the second torque pivot point and having a rod pivot point at a first end of the rod; a pivot link operatively connected to the pivot at the pivot collar and the rod at the rod pivot, the pivot link comprising two stops at a first end of the pivot link; a tooth member operatively connected to the pivot link; guide arms operatively connected to the cylinder, a guide pin adapted to move along the guide arms; wherein, in a fully open position, the rod is withdrawn within the cylinder, the guide pin of the pivot is positioned in a guide vee of the guide arms such that the pivot does not rotate counterclockwise about the first torque pivot point of the torque tube.