Converter bracket for a lift bucket

Claim 2

A lift bucket converter bracket comprising: a frame means for holding a desired working tool; a clamp means integral with said frame means comprising a bearing member immovably secured below said frame means, a pressure plate movably depending from said frame means and adapted to bear against said bearing member, and screw means threadedly engaged with said frame means and urging said pressure plate against said bearing member, said pressure plate and said bearing member receiving a lower portion of the lift bucket therebetween; and a supporting arm extending rearwardly from the upper portion of said frame means and affixed to an upper portion of the lift bucket.

Claim 3

A lift bucket converter bracket in accordance with claim 1 wherein a skid is mounted under said bearing member.

Claim 4

A lift bucket converter bracket which comprises: a frame means adapted to hold a desired working tool and comprising at least a pair of spaced, parallel, triangular-shaped side frame members each including a front leg, a back leg, and a lower leg, said front leg and said back leg converging at their upper ends, and a transverse bar removably connecting the side frame members in a spaced relationship relative to each other; and a clamp means adapted to attach to the lower portion of the bucket and comprising a bearing member juxtaposed to the lower leg of each of said frame members, in spaced relationship thereto, and fixedly secured to the respective side frame member near the junction of the lower leg with the front leg thereof, an inverted U-shaped channel member enveloping the lower leg of each of said side frame members, a pressure plate across the bottom of said U-shaped channel member adapted to bear against said bearing member, and force generating means reacting against said frame and urging said pressure plate toward said bearing member; said pressure plate and said bearing member being adapted to receive a lower portion of the lift bucket therebetween.

Claim 5

A lift bucket converter bracket which comprises: a frame means adapted to hold a desired working tool and comprising at least a pair of spaced, parallel, triangular-shaped side frame members each including a front leg, a back leg, and a lower leg, said front leg and said back leg converging at their upper ends, and a transverse bar removably connecting the side frame members in a spaced relationship relative to each other; and a clamp means adapted to attach to the lower portion of the bucket and comprising a bearing member juxtaposed to the lower leg of each of said frame members, in spaced relationship thereto, and fixedly secured to the respective side frame member near the junction of the lower leg with the front leg thereof, an inverted U-shaped channel member enveloping the lower leg of each of said side frame members, a pressure plate across the bottom of said U-shaped channel member adapted to bear against said bearing member, and force generating means reacting against said frame and urging said pressure plate toward said bearing member; said pressure plate and said bearing member being adapted to receive a lower portion of the lift bucket therebetween.

Claim 6

A lift bucket converter bracket in accordance with claim 3 wherein a skid provided with upwardly curved lateral edges is mounted under said bearing member.

Claim 7

A lift bucket converter bracket which comprises: a frame means adapted to hold a desired working tool and comprising a pair of spaced, parallel, triangular-shaped side frame members each including a front leg, a back leg, and a lower leg, said front leg and said back leg converging at their upper ends, and a transverse bar removably connecting the side frame members in a spaced relationship relative to each other; a clamp means adapted to attach to the lower portion of the bucket and comprising an elongated bearing member juxtaposed to the lower leg of each of said frame members, in spaced relationship and coplanar with the respective side frame member and fixedly secured thereto near the junction of the lower leg with the front leg thereof, an inverted U-shaped channel member enveloping the lower leg of each of said side frame members, a pressure plate across the bottom of said U-shaped channel member adapted to bear against said bearing member, a screw means passing through said U-shaped channel member, threadedly engaged with said lower leg and adapted to urge said pressure plate toward said bearing member; said pressure plate and said bearing member being adapted to receive a lower portion of the lift bucket therebetween; and a supporting arm affixed to and extending rearwardly from the upper portion of each of said side frame members and adapted to attach to an upper portion of the lift bucket.

Claim 8

A lift bucket converter bracket which comprises: a frame means adapted to hold a desired working tool and comprising a pair of spaced, parallel, triangular-shaped side frame members each including a front leg, a back leg, and a lower leg, said front leg and said back leg converging at their upper ends, and a transverse bar removably connecting the side frame members in a spaced relationship relative to each other; a clamp means adapted to attach to the lower portion of the bucket and comprising an elongated bearing member juxtaposed to the lower leg of each of said frame members, in spaced relationship and coplanar with the respective side frame member and fixedly secured thereto near the junction of the lower leg with the front leg thereof, an inverted U-shaped channel member enveloping the lower leg of each of said side frame members, a pressure plate across the bottom of said U-shaped channel member adapted to bear against said bearing member, a screw means passing through said U-shaped channel member, threadedly engaged with said lower leg and adapted to urge said pressure plate toward said bearing member; said pressure plate and said bearing member being adapted to receive a lower portion of the lift bucket therebetween; and a supporting arm affixed to and extending rearwardly from the upper portion of each of said side frame members and adapted to attach to an upper portion of the lift bucket.

Claim 9

A lift bucket converter bracket in accordance with claim 5 wherein the longitudinal dimension of said pressure plate is parallel to said bearing member.

Claim 10

A lift bucket converter bracket in accordance with claim 5 wherein the longitudinal dimension of said pressure plate is transverse to said bearing member.

Claim 11

A lift bucket converter bracket in accordance with claim 5 wherein a skid provided with upwardly curved lateral edges is mounted under said bearing member.