Ground excavation shield apparatus with guide rails
AssigneeOne Pass Innovators, LLC
InventorsRyan DeWind, Gregory Allen DeWind
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Abstract
A ground excavation shield that can include a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall, a first guide rail, and a second guide rail. The first wall can be disposed on a first side of the ground excavation shield. The second wall can be disposed on a second side of the ground excavation shield. The third wall can be disposed on a third side of the ground excavation shield and can be coupled to the first and second walls. The first guide rail can be coupled to a bottom of the first wall and the second guide rail can be coupled to a bottom of the second wall.
Claims10
A ground excavation shield, structurally configured to be dragged by a ground excavator during trenching, the ground excavation shield comprising:
- a first wall disposed on a first side of the ground excavation shield;
- a second wall disposed on a second side of the ground excavation shield;
- a third wall disposed on a third side of the ground excavation shield and coupled at a first end to the first wall and at a second end to the second wall thereby spanning between the first and second walls, the third wall having a central portion that is substantially perpendicular to the first and second walls, and the third wall further including a first side wall portion disposed obliquely between the central portion of the third wall and the first wall, with a second side wall portion disposed obliquely between the central portion of the third wall and the second wall;
- a first guide rail coupled to a bottom of the first wall, the first guide rail comprises an outward “V” shape with a centrally located peak;
- a second guide rail coupled to a bottom of the second wall, the second guide rail comprises an outward “V” shape with a centrally located peak;
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- a third guide rail, coupled to a bottom of the third wall, the third guide rail comprises an outward “V” shape with a centrally located peak, wherein the third wall is fixedly coupled to the first end of the first wall and the second end of the second wall by at least one of welding and bonding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.