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US 2022/0025593 A1Published application
Mobile Barrier with a Sliding Reinforced Wall
AssigneeConcaten, Inc.
InventorsKevin K. Groeneweg, Taylor Groeneweg
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Abstract
A mobile barrier is shown having first and second platforms, at least one of the first and second platforms engaged with an axle and a set of wheels; a safety wall assembly, having a mechanism for translation of the safety wall from one side of the platforms to another, the safety wall further having telescoping first and second portions allowing the safety wall assembly to expand and retract in length along the longitudinal axis of the mobile barrier; a plurality of variable length braces connected to the platforms and the safety wall, which expand and retract as the safety wall moves from one side of the platforms to the other.
Claims26
A mobile barrier comprising:
- first and second platforms, each of said first and second platforms having a right edge and a left edge, an interior edge perpendicular to the respective right and left edges and an interior surface depending downwardly from the interior edge, said interior surface also having respective right and left edges, at least one of the first and second platforms engaged with an axle and a set of wheels;
- a safety wall assembly, said safety wall assembly having a mechanism for translation of the safety wall assembly from a position aligned with the right edge of the first and second platforms to a position aligned with the left edge of the first and second platforms;
- wherein said safety wall assembly is comprised of:
- a first wall section, having a platform facing end and an opposing engagement end, a left side surface and a right side surface and recesses in the left side and right side surfaces adjacent to the platform facing end of the first wall section;
- a second wall section having a platform facing end and an opposing engagement end, a left side surface and a right side surface and recesses in the left side and right side surfaces adjacent to the platform facing end of the second wall section;
- wherein the second wall section and the first wall section are telescopically engaged with each other at their respective engagement ends, said telescopic engagement of the first and second wall sections allowing the safety wall assembly to expand and retract in length along the longitudinal axis of the mobile barrier;
- a first variable length brace connected along the right edge of the interior surface of the first platform and extending to a first connection point on the right side surface of the first wall section;
- a second variable length brace connected along the left edge of the interior surface of the first platform and extending to a second connection on the left side surface of the first wall section;
- a third variable length brace connected along the right edge of the interior surface of the second platform and extending to a third connection point on the right side surface of the second wall section;
- a fourth variable length brace connected along the left edge of the interior surface of the second platform and extending to a fourth connection point on the left side surface of the second wall section;
- wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth variable length braces expand and retract as the safety wall assembly moves from the position aligned with the right edge of the first and second platforms to the position aligned with the left edge of the first and second platforms;
- wherein when the safety wall assembly is in the position aligned with the right edge of the first and second platforms, the first and third variable length braces are received within the recesses on the right side surfaces of the first and second wall sections, the safety wall assembly has a planar surface extending from the first platform to the second platform along the right sides thereof, and the second and fourth variable length braces are in a fully extended position;
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- wherein when the safety wall assembly is in the position aligned with the left edge of the first and second platforms, the second and fourth variable length braces are received within the recesses on the left side surfaces of the first and second wall sections, the safety wall assembly has a planar surface extending from the first platform to the second platform along the left sides thereof, and the first and third variable length braces are in a fully extended position.
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A mobile barrier comprising:
- first and second platforms, each of said first and second platforms having a right edge and a left edge, an interior edge perpendicular to the respective right and left edges and an interior surface depending downwardly from the interior edge, said interior surface also having respective right and left edges, at least one of the first and second platforms engaged with an axle and a set of wheels;
- top and bottom safety wall assemblies, each of said top and bottom safety wall assemblies having a mechanism for translation of the respective safety wall assembly from a position aligned with the right edge of the first and second platforms to a position aligned with the left edge of the first and second platforms;
- wherein the top safety wall assembly is comprised of:
- a first top wall section, having a platform facing end and an opposing engagement end, a left side surface and a right side surface and recesses in the left side and right side surfaces adjacent to the platform facing end of the first top wall section;
- a second top wall section having a platform facing end and an opposing engagement end, a left side surface and a right side surface and recesses in the left side and right side surfaces adjacent to the platform facing end of the second top wall section;
- wherein the first and second top wall sections are telescopically engaged with each other at their respective engagement ends, said telescopic engagement of the first and second top wall sections allowing the top safety wall assembly to expand and retract in length along the longitudinal axis of the mobile barrier;
- wherein the bottom wall assembly is comprised of:
- a first bottom wall section, having a platform facing end and an opposing engagement end, a left side surface and a right side surface and recesses in the left side and right side surfaces adjacent to the platform facing end of the first bottom wall section;
- a second bottom wall section having a platform facing end and an opposing engagement end, a left side surface and a right side surface and recesses in the left side and right side surfaces adjacent to the platform facing end of the second bottom wall section;
- wherein the first and second bottom wall sections are telescopically engaged with each other at their respective engagement ends, said telescopic engagement of the first and second bottom wall sections allowing the bottom safety wall assembly to expand and retract in length along the longitudinal axis of the mobile barrier;
- a first variable length brace connected along an upper portion of the right edge of the interior surface of the first platform and extending to a first connection point on the right side surface of the first top wall section;
- a second variable length brace connected along an upper portion of the left edge of the interior surface of the first platform and extending to a second connection on the left side surface of the first top wall section;
- a third variable length brace connected along an upper portion of the right edge of the interior surface of the second platform and extending to a third connection point on the right side surface of the second top wall section;
- a fourth variable length brace connected along an upper portion of the left edge of the interior surface of the second platform and extending to a fourth connection point on the left side surface of the second top wall section;
- a fifth variable length brace connected along a lower portion of the right edge of the interior surface of the first platform and extending to a fifth connection point on the right side surface of the first bottom wall section;
- a sixth variable length brace connected along a lower portion of the left edge of the interior surface of the first platform and extending to a sixth connection on the left side surface of the first bottom wall section;
- a seventh variable length brace connected along a lower portion of the right edge of the interior surface of the second platform and extending to a seventh connection point on the right side surface of the second bottom wall section;
- an eighth variable length brace connected along lower portion of the left edge of the interior surface of the second platform and extending to an eighth connection point on the left side surface of the second bottom wall section;
- wherein each of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth variable length braces expand and retract as the respective top and bottom safety wall assemblies move from the position aligned with the right edge of the first and second platforms to the position aligned with the left edge of the first and second platforms;
- wherein when the top safety wall assembly is in the position aligned with the right edge of the first and second platforms, the first and third variable length braces are received within the recesses on the right side surfaces of the first and second top wall sections, the top safety wall assembly has a planar surface extending from the first platform to the second platform along the right sides thereof, and the second and fourth variable length braces are in a fully extended position;
- wherein when the top safety wall assembly is in the position aligned with the left edge of the first and second platforms, the second and fourth variable length braces are received within the recesses on the left side surfaces of the first and second top wall sections, the top safety wall assembly has a planar surface extending from the first platform to the second platform along the left sides thereof, and the first and third variable length braces are in the fully extended position;
- wherein when the bottom safety wall assembly is in the position aligned with the right edge of the first and second platforms, the fifth and seventh variable length braces are received within the recesses on the right side surfaces of the first and second bottom wall sections, the bottom safety wall assembly has a planar surface extending from the first platform to the second platform along the right sides thereof, and the sixth and eighth variable length braces are in a fully extended position;
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- wherein when the bottom safety wall assembly is in the position aligned with the left edge of the first and second platforms, the sixth and eighth variable length braces are received within the recesses on the left side surfaces of the first and second bottom wall sections, the bottom safety wall assembly has a planar surface extending from the first platform to the second platform along the left sides thereof, and the fifth and seventh variable length braces are in the fully extended position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.