Street roller

Claim 1

A roller attachment for snowplow frames adapting a conventional snowplow frame mounted on the front of a road maintenance vehicle to accept a roller for packing and smoothing pavement patches and the like comprising: a. a roller; b. a first U-shaped frame in which the legs of the ''''U'''' carry bearings at their ends rotatably supporting said roller; c. a second U-shaped frame extending in a substantially common plane with said first U-shaped frame (connected) and adjacently coupled back-to-back with said first U-shaped frame by a pivot pin aligned perpendicular to the axis of said roller in said common plane, the legs of said second U-shaped frame having holes arranged to align with matching holes in the bottom support of a snowplow frame so as to receive an interlocking pin; (and,) d. at least one interlocking pin for passing through the holes in said second U-shaped frame and said matching holes; and, e. connectors mounted on the legs of said first U-shaped frame for connection of flexible lifting means to a hydraulic lift device on said snowplow frame, all whereby said first U-shaped fraMe supporting said roller has freedom of movement around two mutually perpendicular axes and may be raised and lowered hydraulically.