Mobile apparatus for securely retrieving and placing markers on a surface and method therefor
OwnerAlbert W. Unrathinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a mobile unit operative for securely storing and placing markers onto a surface, comprising a bed coupled to a portion of the mobile unit comprising a planar surface for storing the markers; a well area coupled to a rear portion of the bed and having an at least one well structure coupled to the first planar surface, the well structure having a bottom and side walls for housing a person for placing or retrieving said markers on the surface, wherein the at least one well structure and the first planar surface are positionally aligned to permit retrieval/storage of a marker from the first planar surface for placement/retrieval on the surface via said person located within the well.
Claims21
A mobile unit operative for securely storing and placing markers onto a surface, comprising:
- a bed coupled to a portion of said mobile unit, said bed comprising:
- a planar surface for storing said markers;
- a well area coupled to a rear portion of said bed and having an at least one well structure coupled to said first planar surface, said well structure having a bottom and side walls for housing a person for placing or retrieving said markers on said surface, wherein said at least one well structure and said first planar surface are positionally aligned to permit retrieval/storage of a marker from said first planar surface for placement/retrieval on said surface via said person located within said well.
In a mobile unit, a method for securely storing and placing markers onto a surface comprising the steps of:
- providing a first planar surface for storing said markers;
- coupling at least one well structure to an end of said first planar surface, said well structure having a first side wall integrally coupled to said end of said first planar surface, a second side wall opposite said first side wall, an interior side wall connected between said first and second opposite side walls, an exterior opening and a bottom floor;
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- placing a person within said well and operating in a first mode by removing said markers from said first planar surface and placing on said road surface by said person within said well, and in a second mode, removing from said surface said markers and storing onto said first planar surface by said person within said well structure.
In a mobile vehicle having a crash attenuator adapted to be mounted to said vehicle to attenuate some of the energy of an impact, said crash attenuator comprising a frame adapted to be mounted on said vehicle, and a crushable, energy-absorbing crash cushion on the said frame, said mobile vehicle operative for securely storing and placing markers onto a road surface comprising:
- a planar surface for storing and placing said markers onto said road surface;
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- a well area coupled to a portion of said planar surface and having at least one well structure coupled thereto, said well structure having a bottom and sidewalls for housing a person for placing or retrieving said markers on said surface, wherein said at least one well structure and said first planar surface are aligned with one another to permit retrieval/storage of a marker from said first planar surface for placement/retrieval onto said surface via said person located within said at least one well structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.