Patent ID: 9428869
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: E01C

Claim Text:
1. A trail paver for paving a trail between obstacles, comprising: (a) a prime mover, having at least a first side, a second side, a front, and a rear; (b) a paving former, wherein said paving former includes at least one of a slip form paver, a paving mold, or a paving pan; (c) a coordinating turn module connected to said rear of said prime mover and connected to said paving former for coordinating and operatively turning said paving former together with or in relation to said prime mover, wherein said coordinating turn module comprises at least: a pivoting connection member, for pivotally connecting said paving former to said prime mover; a steering drive, for coordinating or steering the pivoting of said paving former; a detector, for detecting one or more angles at which the paving former is pivoted; and one or more stabilizing member for maintaining the paving former at least at an angle parallel with the surface being paved; (d) a material hopper with an input and an output, said hopper output associated with said paving former for feeding paving material into said paving former; (e) a paving material conveyor for delivering paving material to said material hopper input; (f) a paving material conveyor drive for controllably and operatively moving said paving material conveyor around obstacles such that paving material may be supplied to said trail paver from at least said first and said second side and said paving material conveyor may be moved to a position avoiding an obstacle as said trail paver continuously paves past said obstacle; and (g) a processor configured for: processing an amount of paving material received; determining one or more paving dimensions based on the amount of paving material received; determining when additional paving material will be necessary using the one or more paving dimensions, ensuring sufficient paving material is available for continuous paving; and communicating a signal indicating additional paving materials will be necessary, wherein the signal is communicated before a need for additional paving material arises.