Patent ID: 6918448

Claim:
A grader for spreading and smoothing material, the grader adapted to be attached to a lift unit of a material handling vehicle, the grader comprising: a first horizontally elongate beam comprising a first and a second side, the first beam adapted to engage, spread and smooth the material; a second horizontally elongate beam coupled to the first horizontally elongate beam and having a length greater than the length of the first beam, the second horizontally elongate beam comprising a first and a second side which correspond in orientation to the first and second side of the first beam, the second beam adapted to further engage, spread and smooth the material; a linkage assembly for releasably attaching the first beam to the lift unit of the material handling vehicle and for allowing the lift unit to exert downward pressure on the first beam; wherein the grader is adapted to be pulled in a first direction wherein the lift unit of the material handling vehicle may engage the material first, followed by the first beam and then followed by the second beam, wherein as the grader is pulled in the first direction the first sides of the elongate beams face the material; and wherein the grader is adapted to be flipped over and pulled in a second direction wherein the lift unit of the material handling vehicle may engage the material first, followed by the first beam and then followed by the second beam, wherein as the grader is pulled in the second direction the second sides of the elongate beams face the material.