Patent ID: 8864408

Claim:
Apparatus for picking up and laterally transferring a roadway barrier including a plurality of pivotally interconnected roadway barrier modules, said apparatus comprising, in combination: a vehicle having a front vehicle end, a rear vehicle end and opposed vehicle sides between said front vehicle end and said rear vehicle end; first and second elongated conveyors, each elongated conveyor having a proximal conveyor end pivotally connected to said vehicle and a distal conveyor end; and conveyor mover structure on said vehicle connected to at least the first elongated conveyor to pivot the first elongated conveyor relative to said vehicle between an inoperative position and an operative position, said first elongated conveyor when in said operative position extending forwardly in the direction of travel of said vehicle and operative to serially pick up roadway barrier modules of a roadway barrier at the distal end of the first elongated conveyor as said vehicle moves along the roadway barrier and convey the picked up roadway barrier modules toward the proximal end of said second elongated conveyor, said second elongated conveyor operable to convey barrier modules received from said first elongated conveyor and discharge the received roadway barrier modules from the distal end of the second elongated conveyor and position the received roadway barrier modules on the roadway, said first elongated conveyor and said second elongated conveyor separately and independently movable by said conveyor mover structure, said conveyor mover structure operable to lift and elevate said first and second elongated conveyors and position at least portions of said first and second elongated conveyors over said vehicle to reduce the overall width of said apparatus.