Mobile barrier
AssigneeConcaten, Inc.
InventorsKevin K. Groeneweg, David Meyerink, Duane Meyerink, LeRoy Severson
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Abstract
A safety trailer is shown including first and second platforms, at least one of said first and second platforms having an axle and wheels attached thereto; a plurality of interconnected wall sections positioned between and connected to the first and second platforms, the plurality of wall sections defining a protected work area on a side of the trailer; and wherein the trailer supports a ballast member, the ballast member being positioned near a first side of the trailer and the wall sections near a second, opposing side of the trailer, the ballast member offsetting, at least partially, a weight of the plurality of wall sections.
Claims9
A safety trailer, comprising:
- (a) first and second removably interconnected platforms, each of the first and second platforms being engaged with an axle and wheels, and wherein when the safety trailer is in an undeployed state, the first and second platforms are connected together to define a carrier;
- and (b) a plurality of wall sections, wherein when the safety trailer is in an undeployed state, the wall sections are carried on the carrier, and wherein when the safety trailer is in a deployed state, the wall sections are removed from the carrier, the first and second platforms are disconnected and the wall sections are connected together and are positioned between the first and second platforms and connected thereto to form a barrier wall, and (c) the safety trailer supports a ballast member, the ballast member being positioned near a first side of the safety trailer and the wall sections near a second, opposing side of the safety trailer, the ballast member offsetting, at least partially, a weight of the plurality of wall sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.