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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Farmer Innovations Llc, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jason Farmer, Vancouver, WA (US);
Lance Lowell Nordby, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Farmer Innovations LLC, Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B60P 7/04 (2006.01); B60P 7/02 (2006.01); A01M 1/24 (2006.01); E04D 13/16 (2006.01); B60J 7/10 (2006.01); B66F 9/00 (2006.01); E04H 4/10 (2006.01); E04D 13/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/08 (2013.01); A01M 1/24 (2013.01); E04D 13/176 (2013.01); B60J 7/102 (2013.01); B60P 7/02 (2013.01); B60P 7/04 (2013.01); B66F 9/00 (2013.01); E04H 4/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet of flexible material can be deployed or stored by unfurling or furling the sheet using one or more inflatables. After the sheet is deployed to, for example, cover a load on a flatbed trailer, the inflatable can be deflated for storage. A sheet that has been removed from the load can be stored by placing an inflatable along an edge of the sheet. The inflatable is pressurized, and the sheet is furled onto the inflatable by rolling the inflatable. The inflatable is deflated and rolled up with the sheet for storage.