Frederick Jay Holmes

US Patent:

6493967, Dec 17, 2002

Filed:

May 21, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/860450

Inventors:

Frederick J. Holmes - Shelton WA 98584
David C. Holmes - Shelton WA 98584

International Classification:

E02F 396

US Classification:

37468, 414912

Abstract:

The apparatus for attaching an accessory to an excavator is a device for attaching a grader blade, brush blade, compactor, or other accessory to the bucket of an excavator. The apparatus has a body to which the accessory is attached which has a pair of hooks which slide between adjacent pairs of teeth on an edge of the excavator bucket and a pair of chains attached to the rear of the bucket and tightened by load binders to retain the apparatus on the excavator bucket. The apparatus provides for pivoting the accessory laterally, and may optionally provide for tilting the accessory in a vertical plane.

US Patent:

6990758, Jan 31, 2006

Filed:

Feb 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/052281

Inventors:

David C. Holmes - Shelton WA, US
Frederick J. Holmes - Shelton WA, US

International Classification:

E02F 3/96

US Classification:

37405, 37903, 414912, 414724, 172252, 172253, 172817

Abstract:

A heavy-duty scraping and rake attachment for excavator buckets for clearing brush-covered earth. The attachment is easily mountable to the bucket, thus avoiding the work and expense of removing the bucket from the arm. The scraper portion provides for offset toothed scrapers, a combination of toothed scraper and blade, and blade only use and is used in conjunction with a heavy-duty rake and power-operated thumb to grasp and remove the material rooted or scraped up from the earth by the scraper. The scraper portion and rake are included in a single unit, attachable and detachable from the excavator bucket. Scraper and blade attachments either detachably connected to the unit with bolts or permanently welded in place as desired.