Extendable wing plow and cart
OwnerJames M. Windgassen, Andrew Holverson +2inventors
InventorsJames M. Windgassen, Andrew Holverson, Seth DeVoe, Cody Johnston
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Abstract
A wing plow system can include a wing plow assembly with a first moldboard assembly and a second moldboard assembly. The first moldboard assembly can include a first moldboard configured to extend away from a vehicle toward a trailing end of the wing plow assembly. The second moldboard assembly can extend from the first moldboard assembly toward the trailing end of the wing plow assembly. The second moldboard assembly can include a second moldboard slidably supported by the first moldboard to be slidable between an extended position and a retracted position, to move the wing plow assembly between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration.
Claims20
A wing plow system for a vehicle having a vehicle body, the wing plow system comprising:
- a wing plow assembly that defines a leading end and a trailing end, the wing plow assembly including:
- a first moldboard assembly at the leading end of the wing plow assembly, the first moldboard assembly including a first moldboard configured to extend away from the vehicle body toward the trailing end of the wing plow assembly;
- and
- a second moldboard assembly that extends from the first moldboard assembly toward the trailing end of the wing plow assembly, the second moldboard assembly including a second moldboard slidably supported by the first moldboard to be slidable between an extended position and a retracted position, to move the wing plow assembly between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration.
A wing plow assembly for a wing plow system, the wing plow assembly comprising:
- a first moldboard extending between a first leading end and a first trailing end, the first moldboard extending from a leading end of the wing plow assembly;
- and
- a second moldboard extending between a second leading end and a second trailing end, the second trailing end extending to a trailing end of the wing plow assembly,
- the second moldboard being supported by and slidable relative to the first moldboard between an extended position and a retracted position to move the wing plow assembly between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration.
A method of operating a wing plow system for a vehicle having a vehicle body, the method comprising:
- with a leading moldboard assembly of a wing plow assembly supporting a trailing moldboard assembly of the wing plow assembly, sliding a moldboard of the trailing moldboard assembly relative to a moldboard of the leading moldboard assembly to selectively:
- move the wing plow assembly to a retracted configuration by sliding the moldboard of the trailing moldboard assembly to a retracted position;
- or
- move the wing plow assembly to an extended configuration by sliding the moldboard of the trailing moldboard assembly to an extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.