Traffic cone trailer and tow adaptor assembly
View Patent ↗A traffic cone trailer and tow adaptor assembly suitable for storing, transporting and deployment of traffic cones includes an assembly platform which is transportable on a roadway surface. At least one elongated cone retention member is provided on the assembly platform which is dimensioned and configured to receive and retain one or more traffic cones stacked thereon. The traffic cone trailer may be stored with the stacked traffic cones deployed in place on corresponding cone retention members. The traffic cone trailer may be removed from the enclosure or storage location and pushed, pulled or towed on a roadway surface to transport the stacked traffic cones to a desired area of deployment on the roadway surface or other work area. The stacked traffic cones are individually removable from a corresponding cone retention member and deployed in place at the desired location or position at the work area.
1 . A traffic cone trailer and tow adaptor assembly releasably couplable to a hitch of a towing vehicle for storing, carrying, transporting and deploying a plurality of traffic cones over and onto roadway surface, said assembly comprising:
an assembly platform having an upper surface and a lower surface;
a plurality of platform wheels operatively attached to said assembly platform support said assembly platform on the roadway surface; and
at least one cone retention member secured to said upper surface of said assembly platform and extending upwardly therefrom, said at least one cone retention member having a generally elongated and inverted conical configuration to receive and securely and immovably store, carry, and/or transport at least one of the plurality of traffic cones thereon; and
a towing frame mounted to and extending outwardly from a portion of said assembly platform is releasably coupleable to the hitch of the towing vehicle.
2 . The assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein said assembly platform comprises a front platform edge, a rear platform edge parallel to said front platform edge and a pair of side platform edges extending from said front platform edge to said rear platform edge.
3 . The assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein said at least one cone retention member comprises a plurality of elongated retention member segments which extend upwardly from said upper surface of said assembly platform.
4 . The assembly as recited in claim 3 , wherein said plurality of elongated retention member segments includes a pair of retention member side segments and a single retention member middle segment, wherein said single retention member middle segment is longer than each of said pair of retention member side segments.
5 . The assembly as recited in claim 4 , wherein said retention member side segments angle towards one other from said assembly platform to form a retention member apex therebetween.
6 . The assembly as recited in claim 5 , wherein said single retention member middle segment extends upwardly from said assembly platform at an angle and interconnects with said retention member apex formed between said retention member side segments.
7 . The assembly as recited in claim 4 , further comprising a retention member base attached to said upper surface of said assembly platform, said retention member side segments mounted to said retention member base.
8 . The assembly as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of cone retention members mounted on said upper surface of said assembly platform and extending upwardly therefrom, each of said plurality of cone retention members having a generally elongated and inverted conical configuration to receive and securely and immovably store, carry, and/or transport at least one of the plurality of traffic cones thereon.
9 . The assembly as recited in claim 8 , wherein each of said plurality of cone retention members comprises a pair of elongated retention member se segments which extend upwardly from said assembly platform to a corresponding retention member apex formed therebetween and a single elongated retention member middle segment which extends upwardly from said assembly platform at an angle and interconnects with said retention member apex formed between said plurality of elongated retention member side segments, wherein said single elongated retention member middle segment is longer than each of said pair of elongated retention member side segments.
10 . The assembly as recited in claim 8 , wherein each of said plurality of cone retention members is dimensioned and configured to receive and releasably retain at least some of the plurality of traffic cones disposed in a stacked orientation thereon.
11 . The assembly as recited in claim 1 , further comprising at least one assembly handle attached to said assembly platform.
12 . The assembly as recited in claim 11 , wherein said at least one assembly handle includes a pair of spaced-apart side handle members mounted to said assembly platform.
13 . The assembly as recited in claim 12 , wherein said at least one assembly handle further includes a handle grip member extending between and interconnecting said side handle members.
14 . The assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein said towing frame extends outwardly from said assembly platform to further facilitate releasably coupling said assembly platform to the towing vehicle.
15 . The assembly as recited in claim 14 , wherein said towing frame comprises a pair of side towing frame members interconnected to and extending from said assembly platform, each of said towing frame members having a proximal end and an oppositely disposed distal end.
16 . The assembly as recited in claim 15 , wherein said proximal end of each of said side towing frame members is pivotally interconnected between a corresponding pair of towing frame mount flanges mounted to said assembly platform.
17 . The assembly as recited in claim 16 , wherein a hitch coupling is attached to said distal end of each of said side towing frame members, each said hitch coupling dimensioned and configured to releasably receive the hitch of the towing vehicle therein.
18 . A traffic cone trailer and tow adaptor assembly releasably couplable to a towing vehicle for storing, carrying, transporting and deploying a plurality of traffic cones onto and over a roadway surface, said assembly comprising:
an assembly platform having an upper surface and a lower surface at least partially defined by a plurality of platform edges extending therearound;
a plurality of platform wheels operatively attached to said assembly platform support said assembly platform on the roadway surface;
a plurality of cone retention members mounted on said upper surface of said assembly platform, each of said plurality of cone retention members having a generally elongated and inverted conical configuration to receive and securely and immovably store, carry, and transport at least one of the plurality of traffic cones thereon; and
each of said plurality of cone retention members comprises a pair of retention member side segments extending upwardly from said upper platform surface to a corresponding retention member apex formed therebetween and a single retention member middle segment extending upwardly from said assembly platform at an angle and interconnected to said retention member apex formed between said pair of retention member side segments, wherein said single retention member middle segment is longer than each of said pair of retention member side segments; and
a towing frame mounted to and extending outwardly from a portion of said assembly platform, said assembly platform is releasably coupleable to the towing vehicle via said towing frame.
19 . The assembly as recited in claim 18 , further comprising a plurality of platform reflectors mounted on at least one of said plurality of edges of said assembly platform.
20 . A traffic cone trailer and tow adaptor assembly releasably couplable to a towing vehicle for storing, carrying, transporting and deploying a plurality of traffic cones over and onto a roadway surface, said assembly comprising:
an assembly platform having an upper surface and a lower surface at least partially defined by a front platform edge, a rear platform edge parallel to said front platform edge and a pair of parallel side platform edges extending from said front platform edge to said rear platform edge;
a plurality of platform reflectors mounted along each of said front platform edge, said rear platform edge, and each of said side platform edges of said assembly platform;
a plurality of platform wheels operatively attached to said assembly platform support said assembly platform on the roadway surface;
a plurality of cone retention members mounted on said upper surface of said assembly platform and extending upwardly therefrom, each of said plurality of cone retention members having a generally elongated and inverted conical configuration to receive and securely and immovably store, carry and/or transport at least some of the plurality of traffic cones thereon;
each of said plurality of cone retention members comprises a pair of elongated retention member side segments extending upwardly from a retention member base attached to said upper surface of said assembly platform to a corresponding retention member apex formed therebetween and a single elongated retention member middle segment extending upwardly from said upper surface of said assembly platform at an angle and interconnected to said retention member apex formed between said plurality of elongated retention member side segments, wherein each said single elongated retention member middle segment is longer than each of said pair of elongated retention member side segments; and
a towing frame pivotally mounted to and extending outwardly from a portion of said assembly platform is releasably couplable to the hitch of the towing vehicle.