Patent ID: 7331568

Claim:
Apparatus for use with at least one coil of barrier material which is formed with a plurality of windings of the barrier material, the apparatus including a ground-engaging structure, a support which extends upwardly from the ground-engaging structure, a boom arrangement which has a first end, attached to the support, and a free end, and which is spaced from, and positioned above, the ground-engaging structure, the boom arrangement being insertable into the at least one coil of barrier material so that the at least one coil is then suspended from the boom structure, and a boom extension piece which is movable from a storage position to an operative position at which the boom extension piece projects from the free end of the boom arrangement, wherein: the boom arrangement is shaped so that the at least one coil of barrier material is suspended, at least at two locations, from the boom arrangement; and the boom arrangement includes at least two elongate boom members which project from the support and which are spaced apart thereby to provide support for the as least one coil of barrier material at the two locations.