Mobile barrier
AssigneeConcaten, Inc.
InventorsKevin K. Groeneweg, David Meyerink, Duane Meyerink, Le Roy 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.
Claims20
A safety system, comprising:
- (a) a vehicle;
- (b) first and second platforms;
- (c) a barrier engaged with the first and second platforms, the barrier and first and second platforms forming a protected work space;
- and (d) a caboose, wherein the vehicle and caboose are engaged with the first and second platforms, respectively, wherein the vehicle has a movable king pin plate engaged with a first king pin on the first platform, and wherein the caboose has a fixed king pin plate engaged with a second king pin on the second platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.