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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Ralph Edward Mcconnell, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Ralph Edward McConnell, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Miller Towing Equipment, Inc., Ooltewah, TN (US);
Abstract
A self-propelled vehicle used to lay pipe sections within trenches located on sloped terrain, and a method for using it, including: an undercarriage carrying a vehicle chassis and capable of climbing sloped terrain; a rotating platform which can be maintained level relative to the sloped terrain; and a boom with an angled boom head, capable of using two independent winch cables to lift and position individual pipe sections having differing lengths and diameters. The vehicle may be used to sequentially lift two or more pipe sections, one at a time, and to swing and position the pipe sections in a trench, end-to-end.