Material or article handling – Vertically swinging load support – Shovel or fork type
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-11
2007-09-11
Underwood, Donald (Department: 3652)
Material or article handling
Vertically swinging load support
Shovel or fork type
C037S468000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11267615
ABSTRACT:
A backhoe bucket reverse adapter is provided which can be interposed between a conventional Wain-Roy-style or Gannon-style backhoe arm bucket coupling assembly and a backhoe bucket so as to reverse the orientation of the backhoe bucket. The adapter is provided with an open framework and a rear end cross-connector having a tubular configuration corresponding to the tubular steel back cross-connecting member located at the top of a conventional Wain-Roy-style or Gannon-style backhoe bucket. The adapter has a pair of hook elements that are oriented in a forward direction, away from the chassis of the backhoe vehicle and in an opposite direction from the hook elements of a conventional backhoe coupling system. The hook elements of the backhoe bucket adapter can be utilized to engage a back cross-connecting member located at the top of a conventional bucket, while the structure of the adapter receives the oppositely directed hook elements of a conventional backhoe coupling assembly. The adapter is releaseably coupled to both the bucket and the conventional backhoe coupling assembly by means of a pair of releaseable latch pins. The orientation of a Wain-Roy-style or Gannon-style backhoe bucket on its mounting arm can thereby quickly and easily reversed as desired.
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Cislo & Thomas LLP
Underwood Donald
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