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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Chad Orthaus, Alexandria, MN (US);
Merwin Anderson, Glenwood, MN (US);
Jamie Zimmerman, Miltona, MN (US);
Bertrum England, Farwell, MN (US);
George Hammond, Nelson, MN (US);
Jeffrey Arnold Wilkens, Reiles Acres, ND (US);
Chad Orthaus, Alexandria, MN (US);
Merwin Anderson, Glenwood, MN (US);
Jamie Zimmerman, Miltona, MN (US);
Bertrum England, Farwell, MN (US);
George Hammond, Nelson, MN (US);
Jeffrey Arnold Wilkens, Reiles Acres, ND (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for retrieving traffic cones from roadway surfaces comprises a framework which is adapted to be attached to a roadwork vehicle so as to be movable therewith along a roadway surface. A knock-down bar upon the framework knocks down a normally upstanding traffic cone, and a substantially horizontally oriented, substantially conically configured spearing mechanism mounted upon the framework is inserted into the hollow interior of the traffic cone. The spearing mechanism and traffic cone are pivoted to a vertical orientation, and subsequently elevated so as to place the traffic cones onto a platform in a nested stacked array.