Apparatus for deploying and retrieving highway panels
US10195978B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60P1/4485
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus facilitates the deployment and retrieval of highway panels and includes a work basket mountable on the rearward end of a truck to be vertically moveable relative thereto. A ramp member is detachably mounted on a selected side of the work basket to be movable therewith. A lift member is detachably mounted on a four-bar lift linkage carried by the truck along the selected side thereof. The lift member is vertically movable by the lift linkage to raise the highway panels from the ramp member to the level of the truck bed on which the highway panels are transported. Both the ramp and lift members are formed with rollers on the top surface to facilitate the movement of the highway panels in both deployment and retrieval. Retrieval is accomplished by moving the truck rearwardly and tipping the highway panel so the ramp member can slide underneath the base.
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