Excavating inventions 05/07

20070119078 - Excavation appartus: An excavating apparatus having a prime mover with a longitudinal centerline and a main frame with an engine, a ground drive system and an excavation boom operatively attached thereto wherein the excavation boom has a first end and a second end. The first end of the boom is operatively pivotally... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070113430 - Shoveling and throwing device: A shoveling and throwing device for moving a material, such as snow, from a surface.... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070107269 - Dipper door latch with locking mechanism: A dipper including a dipper door and an impact actuated jaw having a “C” shape defining a lip and a chin. The jaw is rotatably mounted on the dipper door for rotation between a door-opened position and a door-closed position and positioned so that when the jaw is in the... Agent: James Earl Lowe, Jr.

20070107270 - Attachment for heavy equipment vehicles: An attachment for a heavy equipment vehicle, which comprises four different functions. The attachment can serve as a box blade, grapple, ripper, or bucket with front cutting edge. It is highly convenient for a user who wishes to accomplish multiple tasks without having to change the attachment on the vehicle,... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070107272 - snow pusher for ice and snow removal: Disclosed herein are various aspects of an improved snow or material pushers for use with loaders, backhoes, agricultural and larger home and garden tractors and the like for moving snow or other materials on generally flat areas such as parking lots, driveways, feed lots, runways, and loading areas. The improvements... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070107271 - Reversible snow pusher and coupler: Disclosed herein are various aspects of an improved snow or material pushers for use with loaders, backhoes, agricultural and larger home and garden tractors and the like for moving snow or other materials on generally flat areas such as parking lots, driveways, feed lots, runways, and loading areas. The improvements... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070107273 - Cutting tooth for a ground working implement: The invention relates to a cutting tooth for a ground working implement, particularly for a cutting wheel of a trench wall cutter, with a dedendum for reception in a holder of the ground working implement and at least one main cutting element for working the soil located at the top... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070107274 - Ground engaging tool retention system: A ground engaging tool retainer assembly includes three components: a pin, a washer, and a bolt. The bolt includes a threaded shank. When assembled, the threaded shank passes through a central bore in the washer and engages a matching threaded bore in the pin. The washer is trapped in a... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. 100 N.e. Adams Street

20070101620 - Atv plow support frame assembly with quick locking system and method for installing same: A plow or other front-mounted accessories support frame assembly for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is provided. The plow is attached to a frame which comprises, at its rearward end, a novel locking system. The locking system comprises pivotally attached locking hooks to securely attach the support frame assembly to the... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20070101621 - Ejector mechanism for back hoe excavator bucket: Ejector mechanism for the excavator bucket of a back hoe provides two laterally spaced ejector arms irrotably carried on an ejector arm shaft journaled in horizontal orientation in the chamber of the excavator bucket to fit against the back and adjacent the sides of the bucket and pivot away from... Agent: Bergman & Jeckle P.l.l.c.

20070101622 - Edge protector assembly for bucket assembly: An edge protector assembly is attached, via at least one connector, to an edge of at least one wall surface of a bucket assembly. Each connector includes a first mating portion that is mated to at least one second mating portion of an edge protector of the edge protector assembly.... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC