Excavator bucket

Abstract

An excavator bucket, which includes a mounting and a blade. The blade extends downwardly from the mounting at an angle of between 40 degrees and 50 degrees. The blade has a mounting attachment end which is attached to the mounting, a ground piercing end, and opposed upstanding outwardly angled sidewalls. The blade has a forward oriented curvature or bend spaced from the ground piercing end.

1 . An excavator bucket, comprising:
 a mounting;   a blade extending downwardly from the mounting at an angle of between 40 degrees and 50 degrees, the blade having a mounting attachment end which is attached to the mounting, a ground piercing end, and opposed upstanding outwardly angled sidewalls, and the blade having a forward oriented curvature or bend spaced from the ground piercing end.   
   
   
       2 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the bend is at an angle of between 15 degrees and 25 degrees. 
   
   
       3 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the sidewalls are angled outwardly from the blade. 
   
   
       4 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein teeth project forward from the ground piercing end. 
   
   
       5 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the curvature or bend being spaced from the ground piercing end approximately one third of the way along the blade. 
   
   
       6 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the sidewalls slope downardly from the curvature or bend to the ground piercing end, the sidewalls being negligible at the ground piercing end. 
   
   
       7 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the blade has a width of between 10 inches and 30 inches. 
   
   
       8 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the blade has a length from the attachment end to the ground piercing end that is greater than five times a width of the blade between the sidewalls. 
   
   
       9 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the mounting comprises a mounting plate, the width of the blade being narrower than the width of the mounting plate. 
   
   
       10 . The excavator bucket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the blade has a length of between 5 feet and 7 feet.