Patent ID: 9557146
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: F41H

Claim:
1. A wire neutralizing system for use with a vehicle, the wire neutralization system comprising: a frame adapted to be hitched to the vehicle; at least one wheel supporting the frame, a bottom of the wheel rolling over terrain having buried wires; a blade plate movably mounted to the frame; a blade station attached to the blade plate including: a wheel suspension unit permitting vertical travel of the wheel with respect to the frame in response to rough terrain while the blade is in the stowed position; and a suspension lockout feature that prevents relative vertical travel of the wheel with respect to the frame while the blade is in the deployed position; wherein the blade plows through the terrain to disable the buried wires when in the deployed position, and wherein the wheel is engaged with the terrain while the blade plows through the terrain in the deployed position.