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US 2016/0108589 A1Published application
Apparatus for repositioning traffic control devices
OwnerJames Allegainventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for repositioning traffic control devices includes a bracket configured for removable attachment to a vehicle. The apparatus further includes a striker arm attached to the bracket and projecting forward of the bracket at a first end of the striker arm so as to form an acute angle with respect to a direction of travel of the vehicle.
Claims32
An apparatus for repositioning traffic control devices, comprising:
- a bracket configured for removable attachment to a vehicle;
- and
- a striker arm attached to the bracket and projecting forward of the bracket at a first end of the striker arm so as to form an acute angle with respect to a direction of travel of the vehicle.
A system for repositioning traffic control devices, comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a snowplow blade attached to the vehicle;
- and
- a striker arm removably attached to the snowplow blade and projecting forward of the vehicle at a first end of the striker arm so as to form acute angles with respect to both of a direction of travel of the vehicle and a plowing surface of the snowplow blade.
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A method for repositioning traffic control devices, comprising:
- attaching a striker arm to a vehicle such that the striker arm projects forward of the vehicle and forms an acute angle with respect to a direction of travel of the vehicle;
- driving the vehicle in the direction of travel substantially parallel to an array of the traffic control devices;
- and
- striking the traffic control devices in sequence with the striker arm and sequentially repositioning the traffic control devices from a first lateral side with respect to the direction of travel to a second lateral side with respect to the direction of travel and opposite the first lateral side, by pushing the traffic control devices from the first lateral side to the second lateral side using the striker arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.