Patent ID: 8591142

Claim:
An apparatus for shaping pavement, said apparatus comprising: a pavement-shaping member for receiving a flow of shapeless pavement material and generating a flow of shaped pavement material; and a paving machine mount, mechanically coupled to said pavement-shaping member, for coupling said pavement-shaping member to a paving machine, said pavement-shaping member comprising: a detachable forming shoe for producing said shaped pavement material, wherein said detachable forming shoe comprises: a funneling surface for funneling said shapeless pavement material; and a troweling surface mechanically coupled to said funneling surface at a funneling angle and configured for troweling said shapeless pavement material, wherein said pavement-shaping member further comprises: a forming wedge for adjusting the shape of said pavement-shaping member; and a wedge support assembly, rotatably coupled to said forming wedge and adjustably coupled to said paving machine mount, for supporting said forming wedge and adjusting the position of said pavement-shaping member, said detachable forming shoe being detachably coupled to said forming wedge.