Portable levee system
AssigneeWestwind Levee Systems, LLC
InventorDavid K. Hall
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Abstract
A portable levee system including a substantially U-shaped lower frame having a hopper truss extending from said lower frame, a hopper support frame slidably connected to vertical hopper support members depending from the hopper truss. A hopper is positioned in the hopper support frame and a bag rail depends from the hopper support frame and beneath the hopper. The hopper frame may be adjustable manually by rack and pinion, by a hydraulic system, or by other mechanical means. The bag rail may have a plurality of bag guides disposed therein for quickly and easily positioning a levee bag beneath the hopper.
Claims25
A portable levee system, comprising:
- a substantially U-shaped lower frame;
- a hopper truss extending from said lower frame and having a plurality of vertical hopper support members depending therefrom;
- a hopper supported by a hopper support frame, said hopper support frame slidably connected to said vertical hopper support members;
- a bag rail depending from said hopper support frame;
- and,
- a bag loading area.
A portable levee system, comprising:
- a lower frame structure having wheels extending from said lower frame;
- a hopper truss extending from said lower frame;
- a hopper supported by a hopper support frame, said hopper support frame slidably engaging hopper support members;
- first and second bag rails depending from said hopper support frame, said first and second bag rails adjacent a bottom portion of said hopper;
- and,
- a plurality of bag guides slidably disposed in said first and second bag rails.
A portable levee system, comprising:
- a hopper truss extending from a lower frame;
- said lower frame having wheels disposed along parallel sides;
- first and second bag rails depending from a hopper support frame;
- a hopper supported by said hopper support frame, said hopper support frame slidably connected to a vertical hopper support member depending from said hopper truss;
- at least one structural member extending across said hopper;
- a deck and a hitch extending from a front portion of the portable levee system;
- a bag loading area adjacent said bag rails;
- a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to said lower frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.