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US 2014/0370935 A1Published application
Mobile Tower System
OwnerJerry Newmaninventor
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Abstract
This invention discloses a mobile tower system in which a telescoping tower may be with a plurality of tower structures may be extended to a height much greater than its contracted length. The tower may be transported horizontal, rotated to a vertical position and then the individual tower structures extended and secured via spring pins relative to the adjacent tower structure, the erection of the tower sections may be with external equipment such as a boom truck, or utilizing an internal hydraulic cylinder.
Claims8
A mobile tower system comprising:
- a trailer with a trailer chassis, and wheels operatively attached to the trailer chassis;
- a tower framework pivotally mounted to the trailer chassis;
- a tubular first tower structure pivotally mounted to the tower framework such that it is positionable in a substantially horizontal travel position and in a substantially vertical operational position, the first tower structure being tubular with a first tower structure internal cavity;
- a tubular second tower structure with a second tower structure internal cavity and which is slidably disposed within the first tower structure internal cavity, the second tower structure including a first tower spring aperture;
- a third tower structure slidably disposed within the second tower structure internal cavity;
- a first tower spring pin mounted to an outer surface of the first tower structure with an inwardly biased pin extending through a first spring pin aperture in the first tower structure;
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- such that when the second tower structure is slid to an extended position relative to the first tower structure, the biased pin of the first tower spring pins into the first tower spring aperture in the second tower structure to secure the second tower structure relative to the first tower structure.
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A method of erecting a mobile tower system, comprising:
- providing a trailer with a trailer chassis, and wheels operatively attached to the trailer chassis;
- providing a tower framework pivotally mounted to the trailer chassis;
- providing a tubular first tower structure pivotally mounted to the tower framework positioned in a substantially horizontal travel position, the first tower structure being tubular with a first tower structure internal cavity and including a first tower spring pin mounted to an outer surface of the first tower structure with an inwardly biased pin extending through a first spring pin aperture in the first tower structure;
- providing a tubular second tower structure with a second tower structure internal cavity and which is slidably disposed within the first tower structure internal cavity, the second tower structure including a first tower spring aperture;
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- sliding the second tower structure outward from the internal cavity of the first tower structure until the biased pin of the first tower spring pins into the first tower spring aperture in the second tower structure to secure movement of the second tower structure relative to the first tower structure.
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A method of erecting a mobile tower system, comprising:
- providing a trailer with a trailer chassis, and wheels operatively attached to the trailer chassis;
- providing a tower framework pivotally mounted to the trailer chassis;
- providing a tubular first tower structure pivotally mounted to the tower framework positioned in a substantially horizontal travel position, the first tower structure being tubular with a first tower structure internal cavity and including a first tower spring pin mounted to an outer surface of the first tower structure with an inwardly biased pin extending through a first spring pin aperture in the first tower structure;
- providing a tubular second tower structure with a second tower structure internal cavity and which is slidably disposed within the first tower structure internal cavity, the second tower structure including a first tower spring aperture;
- providing a third tower structure slidably disposed within the second tower structure internal cavity;
- providing second tower spring pin mounted to an outer surface of the second tower structure with an inwardly biased pin extending through a first spring pin aperture in the second tower structure;
- sliding the third tower structure outward from the internal cavity of the second tower structure until the biased pin of the second tower spring pins into the first tower spring aperture in the third tower structure to secure movement of the third tower structure relative to the second tower structure;
- sliding the second tower structure outward from the internal cavity of the first tower structure until the biased pin of the first tower spring pins into the first tower spring aperture in the second tower structure to secure the second tower structure relative to the first tower structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.