Deployment apparatus for use with track systems

摘要

A track system may include a plurality of connected slat members that may form rollable tracks. The rollable tracks may be used in moving vehicles across sensitive ground. The rollable track may be deployed using various methods and/or apparatus such as, e.g., deployment apparatus including one or more spool portions for rolling and unrolling the rollable tracks.

主权项

1. A deployment apparatus for use in a track system one or more rollable tracks, wherein the deployment apparatus comprises:
a spool portion for a rollable track, wherein the spool portion is configured to hold the rollable track above a ground surface, wherein the spool portion extends along a spool axis and is rotatable about the axis to roll and unroll the rollable track from the spool portion, wherein the spool portion comprises connector apparatus configured to be coupled to the rollable track, wherein the connector apparatus comprises at least one tongue portion configured to be coupled to at least one loop of a rollable track; an axle portion coupled to the spool portion and extending along the spool axis; a mounting portion coupled to the axle portion and configured to hold the axle portion and the spool portion above a ground surface; and a physical rollout apparatus configured to at least one of roll and unroll a rollable track from the spool portion by hand.