Attachment for utility tractors and skid steer vehicles

Abstract

An attachment for treating soil-like material and for attachment to a tractor or skid steer vehicle having a frame with inwardly inclined transporting elements for distributing the material being treated.

1 . An attachment for treating soil-like material and for attachment to a tractor or skid steer vehicle including: 
 a frame having a front rail, a rear rail, spaced apart side rails interconnecting the front and rear rails;    transporting bars attached to the side members of said frame in spaced apart relation to one another and angled in respect of the front and rear rails of said frame, the transporting bars operative to direct the material being treated to travel toward or away from the side rails of said frame dependent upon the direction of travel of said frame; and    means for disengagably connecting said frame to a tractor or skid steer vehicle.    
   
   
       2 . An attachment for treating soil-like material and for attachment to a tractor or skid steer vehicle wherein the tractor or skid steer vehicle includes an main body, a lift mechanism connected to the front end of the main body, and coupling means extending from the lift mechanism, said attachment comprising: 
 a frame having a front rail, a rear rail, spaced apart side rails interconnecting the front and rear rails;    transporting bars attached to the side rails of said frame in spaced apart relation to one another and angled in respect of the front and rear rails of said frame, the transporting bars operative to direct the material being treated to travel toward or away from the side rails of said frame dependent upon the direction of travel of said frame; and means for disengagably connecting said frame to the coupling means extending from the lift mechanism.    
   
   
       3 . The invention defined in  claim 2  wherein said means for disengagably connecting said frame includes at least one upstanding mounting plate affixed to said frame.  
   
   
       4 . The invention defined in  claim 3  wherein said means for disengagably connecting said frame includes a pair of spaced apart upstanding mounting plates.  
   
   
       5 . The invention defined in  claim 4  wherein said means for disengagably connecting said frames further includes a bracket affixed to each of the mounting plates for connection to the coupling means extending from the lift mechanism.  
   
   
       6 . The invention defined in  claim 2  wherein said transporting bars extend inwardly from the side rails of said frame at an angle of approximately from about 24° to about 12° from the front rail of said frame.