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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jason W. Kopacz, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Jameson M. Smieja, Mound, MN (US);
Steven M. Haas, Shakopee, MN (US);
Kevin J. Magee, Buffalo, MN (US);
Anthony P. Steinhagen, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 19/22 (2006.01); E01C 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 19/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A walkway for a screed includes a main walkway and an extender walkway coupled to the main walkway and an extender frame of the screed. The extender walkway is slidable relative to the main walkway along a sliding direction. Further, the extender walkway and the extender frame are pivotable relative to each other about a walkway pivot axis, the walkway pivot axis being substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction.