| US 7,562,473 B2 | ||
| Material-handling bucket with scraper blade | ||
| Neal W. Westendorf, Dakota Dunes, S. Dak. (US); and Joseph W. Langenfeld, Onawa, Iowa (US) | ||
| Assigned to Westendorf Manufacturing Co., Inc., Onawa, Iowa (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/950,905. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0070268 A1, Apr. 06, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. E02F 3/76 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 37—407 [37/408; 37/268] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A material-handling bucket capable of attachment to a tractor, skid steer, or vehicle so that the bucket may be raised
and lowered vertically and also rotated backward for the collection of material and forward for the dumping of material, the
bucket comprising:
a first side;
a second side;
a bottom side extending between the first side and the second side;
a rear side extending between the first side and the second side to form an open container for collecting material;
a blade with a blade edge for smoothing, the blade attached to and extending from the rear side of the bucket to the blade
edge so that, when the bucket is rotated backward to a first orientation, the blade is moved into an operative position, so
that the blade may be placed in contact with the ground and used as a scraper blade; and
the blade having a blade surface and a plurality of connection areas, the blade surface extending from the blade edge towards
the rear of the bucket to the plurality of connection areas, the plurality of connection areas distant from the blade edge,
a plurality of teeth extending out from the blade surface at the connection areas, the plurality of teeth attached to the
blade so that, when the bucket is rotated backward to a second orientation, the teeth may be inserted in the ground and used
to scarify the ground.
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