US 11,746,485 B1
Apparatus for deploying and retrieving traffic barricades
Jeffrey C Brown, Walla Walla, WA (US)
Filed by Jeffrey C Brown, Walla Walla, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/169,766.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/311,210, filed on Feb. 17, 2022.
Int. Cl. E01F 9/70 (2016.01); B60P 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC E01F 9/70 (2016.02) [B60P 1/34 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traffic barricade deploying and retrieving apparatus, comprising:
a roller deck having a first end and a second end extending along a transverse
direction and defining a forward-facing and an aft-facing direction,
a first, aft-facing cage, and
a second, forward-facing cage,
with said first cage defining
a first proximal wall affixed to said first end of said roller deck,
a first distal wall spaced apart from said proximal wall,
a transverse wall, and an aft-facing opening, with said second cage defining
a second proximal wall affixed to said second end of said roller deck,
a second distal wall spaced apart from said proximal wall,
a transverse wall, and
a forward-facing opening,
and with said second cage further comprising
a vertically moveable and pivotable floor,
a swing arm with a substantially vertical pivot axis proximal to a forward edge of said second proximal wall, and
with said pivot axis defined by a component slidably coupled to said second cage for fore and aft excursion.