Patent ID: 8506018

Claim:
A concrete demolishing and removal apparatus for use with a skid-steer loader with the skid-steer loader including a pair of forwardly extending boom arms with the boom arms having a first quick-attach assembly pivotally secured, about a horizontal axis, thereto, comprising: a second quick-attach assembly for attachment to said first quick-attach assembly; said second quick-attach assembly including a mounting plate having a rearward side and a forward side; said mounting plate being selectively pivotally movable by said first quick-attach assembly between a first position to a second position; said mounting plate being generally upright and tipped back when in said first position; said mounting plate being generally horizontally disposed when in said second position; a concrete hammer assembly including an elongated support frame, having a forward end, a rearward end, a first side, a second side an upper end, and a lower end; said rearward end of said hammer assembly being fixed to said mounting plate and which extends therefrom; said forward end of said hammer assembly having an elongated hammer spike extending therefrom which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of said support frame; a grapple mount operatively secured to said upper end of said support frame rearwardly of said forward end thereof; at least one elongated grapple member having a rearward end and a forward end; said rearward end of said at least one grapple member being pivotally secured, about a horizontal axis, to said grapple mount so that said at least one grapple member is selectively pivotally movable between a first open position and a second closed position with respect to said support frame; said at least one grapple member, when in said open position, permitting a separated concrete slab to be positioned between said at least one grapple member and said support frame; said at least one grapple member, when in said closed position, engaging the separated concrete slab positioned between said grapple member and said support frame so that the concrete slab may be placed in a body of a vehicle for transport.