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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
John Walter Fluharty, Naples, FL (US);
Jay Wendell Fluharty, Sugar Loaf Key, FL (US);
Karl D. Quackenbush, Blanchard, MI (US);
Richard A. Hahn, Mt. Pleasant, MI (US);
John Walter Fluharty, Naples, FL (US);
Jay Wendell Fluharty, Sugar Loaf Key, FL (US);
Karl D. Quackenbush, Blanchard, MI (US);
Richard A. Hahn, Mt. Pleasant, MI (US);
Quanta Associates, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A soil removal apparatus in one embodiment has a motive power unit and an excavator joined to the motive power unit by a coupler, the excavator extending laterally of the motive power unit. The coupler includes a manipulator for manipulating the excavator to loosen and displace soil material in a path lateral to a path of movement of the motive power unit. The method relates to undercutting an object with a motive power unit, selectively halting and moving the motive power unit, and loosening and displacing soil lateral to the path of travel of the motive power unit.