Apparatus for Deploying and Retrieving Highway Panels

摘要

An apparatus facilitates the deployment and retrieval of highway panels and includes a work basket mountable on the rearward end of a truck to be vertically moveable relative thereto. A ramp member is detachably mounted on a selected side of the work basket to be movable therewith. A lift member is detachably mounted on a four-bar lift linkage carried by the truck along the selected side thereof. The lift member is vertically movable by the lift linkage to raise the highway panels from the ramp member to the level of the truck bed on which the highway panels are transported. Both the ramp and lift members are formed with rollers on the top surface to facilitate the movement of the highway panels in both deployment and retrieval. Retrieval is accomplished by moving the truck rearwardly and tipping the highway panel so the ramp member can slide underneath the base.

主权项

1. An apparatus associated with a vehicle for deploying and retrieving highway panels from a highway surface, comprising:
a ramp member having a frame and being configured to position a rearward end of said ramp member adjacent said highway surface while a forward end is elevated above said rearward end; a lift member having a frame configured to be oriented in a horizontal orientation, said lift member being movable between an elevated position for the placement of said highway panels between said vehicle and said lift member and a lowered position in alignment with said ramp member for movement of the highway panels between said ramp member and said lift member; and a four bar lift linkage mounted on said vehicle and being operably connected to said lift member to vertically move said lift member between said elevated position and said lowered position.