Pole controlled vibrating tamping device

Claim 1

A SOIL TAMPING AND COMPACTING APPARATUS HAVING A BOTTOM MEMBER ADAPTED TO VIBRATE; A COVER MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A CONNECTING PORTION, AND MEANS FOR VIBRATING SAID BOTTOM MEMBER, SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING POLE MEANS FOR MANUALLY HANDLING SAID APPARATUS AND HAVING A CONNECTING MEMBER ON THE FRONT END ADJACENT SAID COVER MEANS AND HANDLE MEANS ON THE REAR END, AT LEAST TWO ELASTOMERIC COUPLING ELEMENTS BETWEEN SAID CONNECTING MEMBER AND SAID CONNECTING PORTION AND CONNECTING SAID COVER MEANS TO SAID POLE MEANS SO THAT SAID POLE MEANS IS CONNECTED TO SAID COVER MEANS BY A PLURALITY OF RESILIENT COUPLING ELEMENTS FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS AND UNIVERSAL ANGULAR MOVEMENT ABOUT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF SAID TRANSVERSE AXIS AND THE AXIS OF SAID POLE MEANS, SAID CONNECTING MEMBER HAVING AN EXTENSION ON THE FRONT END FORWARD OF SAID TRANSVERSE AXIS, SAID CONNECTING PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH AN ABUTMENT MEANS SPACED FROM AND UNDERLYING SAID POLE MEANS AND A SECOND ABUTMENT MEANS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID TRANSVERSE AXIS SPACED FROM AND OVERLYING SAID EXTENSION, SAID ABUTMENT MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID POLE MEANS AND EXTENSION, RESPECTIVELY, SIMULTANEOUSLY UPON DEPRESSION OF SAID POLE MEANS TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID POLE MEANS AND SAID COVER MEANS AND TILT SAID COVER MEANS.