Tractor loaders

Claim 1

IN A FRONT END TYPE TRACTOR LOADER HAVING A BOOM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID TRACTOR AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREOF, MEANS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SAID BOOM; A MULTI-FUNCTION BUCKET CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING TWO SECTIONS FOR PERFORMING THE EARTHWORKING FUNCTIONS OF A DIGGING BUCKET, A BULLDOZER, A SELF-LOADING SCRAPER AND A CLAM BUCKET; THE FIRST OF SAID TWO SECTIONS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED-APART SIDE WALLS INTERCONNECTED BY A CURVED BOTTOM WALL, FLANGE MEANS ON SAID BOTTOM WALL PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE FORWARD END OF SAID BOOM FOR CARRYING SAID FIRST SECTION ON SAID TRACTOR LOADER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID TRACTOR LOADER WITH AN OPEN SIDE OF SAID FIRST SECTION DISPOSED FORWARDLY, LINKAGE MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIRST SECTION AND SAID TRACTOR FOR PIVOTING SAID FIRST SECTION RELATIVE TO SAID BOOM, THE SECOND OF SAID TWO SECTIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULARLY PLATE SHAPED WITH THE WIDTH AND HEIGHT THEREOF RESPECTIVELY SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE INNER WIDTH AND HEIGHT OF SAID FIRST SECTION, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE UPPER END OF SAID SECOND SECTION TO THE UPPER END OF SAID FIRST SECTION WITH SAID SECOND SECTION POSITIONED RELATIVE TO THE FIRST SECTION SO THAT SAID SECOND IS PIVOTABLE THROUGH SAID FIRST SECTION AND SUBSTANTIALLY FORWARDLY THEREOF, MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID TWO SECTIONS FOR SELECTIVELY PIVOTING SAID SECOND SECTION RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST SECTION THROUGH THE ARC OF SAID BOTTOM WALL AND A SUBSTANTIAL ARC FORWARDLY OF SAID FIRST SECTION, THE FORWARD MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID FIRST SECTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A CUTTING EDGE FOR CUTTING MATERIAL IN THE EARTHWORKING FUNCTIONS OF THE DIGGING BUCKET, THE BULLDOZER, THE SELF-LOADING SCRAPER AND THE CLAM BUCKET, AND SAID SECOND SECTION INCLUDING A CUTTING EDGE ON THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE THEREOF AND TRANSVERSELY SPACED-APART REARWARDLY PROJECTING TOOTH MEANS THEREON ABOVE THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE FOR PERFORMING THE EARTHWORKING FUNCTION OF THE CLAM BUCKET.