Berm repair assembly

• US 9,714,498 B1
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kenneth D. Bucher
• Original Assignee: Kenneth D. Bucher
• Inventors: Bucher, Kenneth D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Will, Thomas B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mitchell, Joel F.
• Application Number:
  US13/917,236
• Time in Patent Office: 1,503 Days
• Field of Search: 1724451, 172451, 172308
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/6276 on one side of the frame
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/7622 Scraper equipment with the scraper blade mounted on a frame to be hitched to the tractor by bars, arms, chains or the like, the frame having no ground supporting means of its own, e.g. drag scrapers
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 5/285 with drag buckets or scraper plates

Abstract

A berm repair assembly repairs a berm adjacent to a roadway. The assembly includes a hitch configured for coupling to a vehicle. An elongated frame has a main section coupled to the hitch. A triangular first outer section of the frame is coupled to and extends from the main section of the frame terminating at a first end of the frame. The first end of the frame is positioned in laterally spaced relationship to the hitch. A leveler is coupled to the first outer section of the frame. The leveler has a substantially V-shaped medial section and a pair of spaced opposed side walls. Each side wall extends from an associated end of the medial section.

Claims

1. A berm repair assembly comprising:

a hitch configured for coupling to a vehicle;

an elongated frame, said frame having a main section coupled to said hitch,

a triangular first outer section being coupled to and extending from said main section of said frame, said first outer section terminating at a first end of said frame, said first end of said frame being positioned in laterally spaced relationship to said hitch;

a leveler coupled to said first outer section, said leveler having a substantially V-shaped medial section and a pair of spaced opposed side walls, each said side wall extending from an associated end of said medial section;

a second outer section being coupled to and extending from said main section of said frame, said second outer section terminating at a second end of said frame extending laterally from said hitch opposite said first end of said frame; and

a counterweight coupled to said second outer section between said second end of said frame and said main section of said frame.

2. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a pair of connection plates coupled to and extending upwardly from said leveler, said first outer section having a lower bar coupled to and extending through said connection plates wherein said leveler is coupled to said frame.

3. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising said hitch being a three point hitch having an upper coupler and a pair of spaced lower couplers.

4. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a ball hitch arm coupled to and extending from said hitch.

5. The assembly of claim 4, further comprising a hole extending through said ball hitch arm.

6. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a brace coupled to and extending between opposed faces of said opposite side walls of said leveler.

7. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a proximal one of said side walls relative to said hitch being shorter than a distal one of said side walls relative to said hitch.

8. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a chain having a first end and a second end, said first end of said chain being coupled to said hitch, said second end of said chain being coupled to said leveler.

9. A berm repair assembly comprising:

a hitch configured for coupling to a vehicle, said hitch being a three point hitch having an upper coupler and a pair of spaced lower couplers;

an elongated frame, said frame having a main section coupled to said hitch,

a triangular first outer section being coupled to and extending from said main section of said frame, said first outer section terminating at a first end of said frame, said first end of said frame being positioned in laterally spaced relationship to said hitch;

a leveler coupled to said first outer section, said leveler having a substantially V-shaped medial section and a pair of spaced opposed side walls, each said side wall extending from an associated end of said medial section, a proximal one of said side walls relative to said hitch being shorter than a distal one of said side walls relative to said hitch;

a pair of connection plates coupled to and extending upwardly from said leveler, said first outer section having a lower bar coupled to and extending through said connection plates wherein said leveler is coupled to said frame;

a second outer section being coupled to and extending from said main section of said frame, said second outer section terminating at a second end of said frame extending laterally from said hitch opposite said first end of said frame;

a counterweight coupled to said second outer section between said second end of said frame and said main section of said frame;

a ball hitch arm coupled to and extending from said hitch;

a hole extending through said ball hitch arm;

a brace coupled to and extending between opposed faces of said opposite side walls of said leveler; and

a chain having a first end and a second end, said first end of said chain being coupled to said hitch, said second end of said chain being coupled to said leveler.