Patent ID: 7581340

Claim:
A blade attachment adapted to be removably mounted to an earth moving bucket of the type having a pair of spaced sidewalls, a cutting edge extending between the sidewalls, and a plurality of teeth laterally spaced along and projecting forwardly of the cutting edge, the attachment comprising in combination: a plate having an upper surface, a lower surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge and first and second opposed side edges; a plurality of tooth receiving pockets spaced laterally along said upper surface of said plate and each being configured to receive one or more of the plurality of teeth of the bucket; an elongated scraper blade extending along said leading edge of said plate; a securment means for releasably securing said attachment on the bucket with one or more of the plurality of teeth removably seated within said plurality of tooth receiving pockets and said scraper blade position forwardly of the cutting edge of the bucket; one or more latch arms, wherein each latch arm is rotatably connected to said attachment at a first end and being rotatable between a first position where a second end of said latch arm is engagable with the bucket to secure said attachment to the bucket and a second position where said second end is free from engagement with the bucket; and a coil spring having a first leg extending therefrom providing said latch arm and a second leg extending therefrom, said coil spring being retained by said attachment such that said second leg is engagable with the bucket and said coil spring is tensioned when said latch arm is disposed in said first position, thereby urging said first and said second legs in a direction away from one another.