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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2005
Tyson Smith, San Jacinto, CA (US);
Tyson Smith, San Jacinto, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A backhoe bucket reverse adapter is provided which can be interposed between a conventional Wain-Roy-style or Gannon-style backhoe arm bucket coupling assembly and a backhoe bucket so as to reverse the orientation of the backhoe bucket. The adapter is provided with an open framework and a rear end cross-connector having a tubular configuration corresponding to the tubular steel back cross-connecting member located at the top of a conventional Wain-Roy-style or Gannon-style backhoe bucket. The adapter has a pair of hook elements that are oriented in a forward direction, away from the chassis of the backhoe vehicle and in an opposite direction from the hook elements of a conventional backhoe coupling system. The hook elements of the backhoe bucket adapter can be utilized to engage a back cross-connecting member located at the top of a conventional bucket, while the structure of the adapter receives the oppositely directed hook elements of a conventional backhoe coupling assembly. The adapter is releaseably coupled to both the bucket and the conventional backhoe coupling assembly by means of a pair of releaseable latch pins. The orientation of a Wain-Roy-style or Gannon-style backhoe bucket on its mounting arm can thereby quickly and easily reversed as desired.