Earth moving implement

Claim 1

A HOSE GUARD FOR A TRACTOR BACKHOE ASSEMBLY IN WHICH THE TRACTOR HAS A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND THE BACKHOE HAS A TRANSVERSE SUPPORTING STAND CONNECTED TO THE TRACTOR WITH AN UNDERSIDE THEREOF SPACEDLY FROM BUT COMPARATIVELY CLOSE TO THE GROUND, A HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED SWING STRUCTURE MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORTING STAND FOR SWINGING ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, A BOOM STRUCTURE SUPPORTED ON THE SWING STRUCTURE PROJECTING OUTWARDLY AND CARRYING EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT AT ITS OUTER END, HYDRAULIC MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOOM STRUCTURE AND EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT, AND HYDRAULIC HOSES EXTENDING FROM THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF THE TRACTOR TO AN AREA BENEATH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SUPPORTING STAND AND FROM THENCE UPWARDLY TO SAID HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED SWING STRUCTURE AND SAID HYDRAULIC MEANS, SAID HOSE GUARD COMPRISING: A HOSE CLAMP MOUNTED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SUPPORTING STAND AND HOLDING THE HOSES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE UNDERSIDE; A FIRST GUARD MEMBER FIXEDLY ATTACHABLE TO THE UNDERSIDE AND HAVING A LATERALLY DISPOSED PORTION BENEATH THE HOSES AND UPRIGHT SIDE PORTIONS DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HOSES; A SECOND GUARD MEMBER DISPOSED UNDER THE HOSES AND PROJECTING FROM ONE END ADJACENT THE FIRST GUARD MEMBER OUTWARDLY TO AN OPPOSITE END; VERTICAL PIVOT MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBER, SAID VERTICAL PIVOT MEANS BEING AXIALLY CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID SWING STRUCTURE; MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND MEMBER TO SAID SWING STRUCTURE WHEREBY THE FORMER WILL SWIVEL ABOUT THE PIVOT MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE LATTER SWINGING ABOUT ITS AXIS; A SHIELD DISPOSED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HOSES THAN THE SECOND GUARD MEMBER AND EXTENDING FIRST OUTWARDLY AND THEN UPWARDLY TO PROTECT SAID HOSES AGAINST RUBBING CONTACT WITH THE SUPPORTING STAND; A VERTICAL SWIVEL SUPPORT ON SAID UNDERSIDE MOUNTING THE SHIELD ON THE STAND TO SWIVEL ABOUT AN AXIS COEXTENSIVE WITH THE AFORESAID VERTICAL AXES; AND MEANS BETWEEN THE SHIELD AND THE SWING STRUCTURE EFFECTING LATERAL SWINGING OF THE FORMER IN RESPONSE TO THE LATTER.