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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce W Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414704 ; 414724 ; 414725 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a material handling bucket of the type commonly used on a front-end loader. The bucket is provided with an apron assembly that includes an apron that is movable fore and aftly between a retracted position where the apron essentially closes the front opening of the bucket to an extended position where the apron is spaced forwardly from the front opening of the bucket. In addition, the apron and entire apron assembly is privotally mounted such that it can be hydraulically moved a generally horizontal position to a vertical position thereby providing clear access to the front opening of the bucket.