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Document | Title | Date |
20080230759 | Guardrail Run - A guardrail run with a rail is arranged along and substantially parallel to a roadway. The rail is made of consecutively arranged round timber sections with abutting end sections. Each round timber section includes a metal band disposed in a vertical groove extending along the bottom side. The timber sections are releasably attached to posts anchored alongside the roadway. A locking plate having a U-shape configuration with two legs connected by a web overlaps with the ends of the metal bands of two adjacent timber sections. The ends of the metal bands are received between the two legs of the locking plate, thereby coupling the metal bands with one another. | 09-25-2008 |
20080230760 | Energy absorbing post for roadside safety devices - An energy-absorbing post for absorbing the impact energy of an errant vehicle wherein the impact energy is absorbed by out-of-place deformation in the material of the post. Out-of-plane deformation is provided by utilizing a through bolt extending through a splice connection between upper and lower posts sections. Alternatively, out-of-plane deformation is provided by leaving an axial gap on a splice bolts. For terminal applications, a single through-bolt is utilized to allow the upper post section to pivot during end on impacts. Bolt tear out facilitators, including stress concentrators and pre-buckles, or an angled through-bolt decrease any initially high tear-out forces. Direct out-of-plane deformation is provided by extending a tab from a splice plate and connecting the tab to the post, by forming one or more slots in an upstream lateral face of the post and directly welding a splice plate near the slots, or by connecting a bent over splice plate on opposing planar sides thereof to facilitate out-of-plane deformation in a weldment area between the plate and the post. | 09-25-2008 |
20080251776 | Guardrail With a Buffer Bracket For a Road - A road guardrail having an impact buffering bracket between a waveform shape plate and a guardrail plate is disposed, in which an impact buffering bracket formed of a metallic plate is divided into a front bracket and a rear bracket, and the front and rear brackets are elastically engaged in forward and backward directions. When a vehicle collides with a guardrail plate, the engaged front and rear brackets are flexibly contracted for thereby releasing impact force, and in another embodiment of the present invention, an impact buffering bracket is formed in a rectangular tube shape, and a weak portion having a plurality of holes at both sides is formed. When a vehicle collides with a guardrail, the weak portion formed at the lateral sides is flexibly contracted for thereby releasing n impact force. | 10-16-2008 |
20080265231 | Guard rail mounting block and guard rail system incorporating the same - An improved guard rail system spacer block having a front face, a rear face and an outer circumferential undulating surface surrounding a plurality of individual spaced apart cavities that extend from one of such faces to the other. Lugs project from the rear face to support the block on a post of a roadway guard rail system and align it with the post during installation of the system and a lug projects from the front face to temporarily support a guard rail strip during installation of the guard rail system. | 10-30-2008 |
20080272352 | Combined Guardrail and Cable Safety Systems - A combined guardrail and cable safety system is disclosed. In one aspect, a safety barrier incorporating the teachings of the present disclosure may include a plurality of cable posts spaced from each other and disposed adjacent to a roadway. At least two cables may be releasably engaged with and supported by the cable posts. The cable posts and the at least two cables may cooperate with each other to prevent a vehicle from leaving the roadway. A plurality of guardrail posts may also spaced from each other and disposed adjacent to the roadway longitudinally spaced from the plurality of cable post. A box beam guardrail beam may be attached to the plurality of guardrail posts. The at least two cables may operably extend from the cable posts to engage respective cable anchor brackets attached to the box beam guardrail beam. | 11-06-2008 |
20080283806 | Multi-Rail Parapet - A vehicle safety parapet comprises a plurality of rails ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080283807 | Safety Barrier Anchorage - A road safety barrier comprising a series of posts rigidly mounted on or in the ground, an anchor body ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080283808 | FRANGIBLE POST FOR GUARDRAIL - This invention relates to guardrails and guardrail impact heads for use in roading networks or vehicle road lanes requiring separation by a barrier. The invention provides an impact head for a guardrail including cable routing means adapted to form a convoluted path through which a cable can be threaded. The convoluted path that the cables must follow through the impact head of the invention restricts movement of the cable through the head, thereby providing sufficient friction to slow down the movement of the impact head during a vehicle impact. The invention also provides a method of constructing a guardrail including the steps of slidably interconnecting a plurality of rails and attaching them to posts, positioning an impact head according to any one of the preceding claims at one end of the slidably interconnected rails, threading at least one cable through the impact head and anchoring the cable to the ground. | 11-20-2008 |
20080290333 | RETRACTABLE POST SYSTEM - A temporary barricade in the form of a retractable post system. In one configuration, the post is lowered into the ground, such that the top of the post is flush with the ground surface, leaving an unobtrusive configuration that one can walk over, drive over, and so forth. In another configuration, however, the post can be pulled up from the ground, and with a moderate rotational twisting motion, locked into vertical position, thereby providing a strong barrier to traffic and other situations. | 11-27-2008 |
20080290334 | Guardrail support, attachment, and positioning block - A block used to space guardrails from support posts. The positioning or spacer block is a generally rectangular block having corded-out cavities to reduce weight and tabs or projections for cooperatively engaging the sides and top of a support post as well as the edges of the guardrail during roadway safety barrier system installation. Webbing within one or more of the cavities is used for additional structural support. The spacer block may be formed by low-pressure injection molding to optimize the strength to weight characteristics of the spacer block. The spacer block is formed from virgin and/or recycled plastic material and/or includes virgin or recycled rubber material, such as that obtained from the regrind of used tires, and/or another elastomeric materials from other sources. | 11-27-2008 |
20080296546 | CABLE FOR USE IN SAFETY BARRIER - A cable for use in a safety barrier is provided. A cable for use in a safety barrier may include a plastic core wire and a plurality of metal wires disposed adjacent to and longitudinally to the plastic core wire. The cable may be pre-stretched prior to installation in the safety barrier. A method of making cable for use in a safety barrier may include (a)providing a plastic core wire, (b) disposing a plurality of metal wires, each metal wire disposed adjacent to and longitudinally to the plastic core wire, and (c) prestretching the cable prior to installation in the safety barrier. | 12-04-2008 |
20080303010 | INTERLOCKING HIGHWAY STRUCTURE - A highway crash barrier structure with an improved interlocking system includes a plurality of rigid sections disposed end-to-end in interlocking relationship with one another. The ends of each rigid upright section are provided with a reshaped JJ Hooks® connection. Each hook member has an extending vertical lip which is bent into a “J” shaped cross-section to engage a similar lip on the hook member of the adjacent section such that lateral movement of the respective sections is prevented. However, the respective sections of the system can be easily placed or removed by vertically displacing them. In addition, the interlocking plates at each end of the upright sections are vertically lengthened while the number of bars welded to the plate is increased to reduce the rotational moment of the sections and increase shear transfer between adjacent sections. Furthermore, connections include deflection limitation stops located at the lower part of each end of each upright section which prevents spalling and decreases deflection during a crash. The deflection stops can be positioned wholly within the rigid sections or can protrude partway out the bottom of the sections for particular applications. | 12-11-2008 |
20080308779 | Resin Guardrail - The present invention relates to a resin guardrail including a post, a plurality of guard plates coupled to the post, and connection members for connecting the guard plates to one another. Each of the guard plates of the guardrail is manufactured through extrusion. The guard plate comprises a hollow base body that takes the shape of a wave in cross section to include a rear ridge protruding rearward and having a flat portion and a front ridge protruding forward. The flat portion of the rear ridge and the front ridge are formed with first and second fastening holes, respectively, and the base body has solid portions for reinforcing regions with the first and second fastening holes formed therein. The guard plate further comprises wavy ribs that are positioned within a hollow portion of the base body to connect upper and lower ends of the base body to each other and have the same sectional shape as the base body; and alternately arranged horizontal ribs for establishing connection between the wavy ribs and between the wavy ribs and inner surfaces of the base body. | 12-18-2008 |
20090001335 | Redeployable barrier fence system - A redeployable security barrier system and methods for using the same are disclosed, the barrier system comprising an assembly of individual foundation barrier units or structures, which provide a vehicle-impact resistant foundation portion, and an upper, generally visually transparent, personnel-scaling resistant fence portion that spans the assembly of barrier units. | 01-01-2009 |
20090032789 | Impact Attenuator System - An impact attenuator system includes a hyperelastic member that comprises an energy-absorbing material which behaves in a rate-independent hyperelastic manner so that its permanent set is minimized and the material can absorb tremendous amounts of impact energy while remaining fully recoverable. | 02-05-2009 |
20090050863 | ROADWAY GUARDRAIL SYSTEM - A roadway guardrail system including a rail, a plurality of support posts, and a plurality of fasteners assembly to redirect an impacting vehicle and dissipate a portion of the impacting vehicle's energy. A plurality of support posts each includes a slot extending along its length aligning with apertures in the rail and engaging with the rail through the apertures with fasteners including reinforcing members slidable along the slots in the posts. Alternatively, the rail has a plurality of laterally extending slots aligning with apertures in support posts and engaging with the support posts through the apertures with fasteners including reinforcing members slidable along the slots. | 02-26-2009 |
20090050864 | ROADWAY GUARDRAIL SYSTEM - A roadway guardrail system including a rail, a plurality of support posts, and a plurality of fasteners assembly to redirect an impacting vehicle and dissipate a portion of the impacting vehicle's energy. Block-outs may be positioned in between the rail and support posts. A plurality of support posts each includes a slot extending along its length aligning with apertures in the rail and engaging with the rail through the apertures with fasteners including reinforcing members slidable along the slots in the posts. Alternatively, the rail has a plurality of laterally extending slots aligning with apertures in support posts and engaging with the support posts through the apertures with fasteners including reinforcing members slidable along the slots. | 02-26-2009 |
20090065754 | IMPACT SLIDER FOR GUARDRAIL - This invention relates to guardrails and guardrail impact heads for use in roading networks or vehicle road lanes requiring separation by a barrier. The invention provides an impact head for a guardrail including cable routing means adapted to form a convoluted path through which a cable can be threaded. The convoluted path that the cables must follow through the impact head of the invention restricts movement of the cable through the head, thereby providing sufficient friction to slow down the movement of the impact head during a vehicle impact. The invention also provides a method of constructing a guardrail including the steps of slidably interconnecting a plurality of rails and attaching them to posts, positioning an impact head according to any one of the preceding claims at one end of the slidably interconnected rails, threading at least one cable through the impact head and anchoring the cable to the ground. | 03-12-2009 |
20090121205 | RELEASEABLE ANCHOR CABLES FOR CABLE BARRIERS THAT RELEASE UPON CERTAIN LOAD CONDITIONS UPON THE CABLE BARRIER - An improved cable-barrier system includes an anchor-body and terminal post which receive and retain one or more anchor-cables and are anchored to counter balance the force applied to the anchor body by one or more barrier-cable(s). The system also allows for the release of the anchor-cables during a collision with a vehicle. The release of the cables is particularly important in situations where the cable-barrier is capable of acting as a ramp and/or snag during the collision. | 05-14-2009 |
20090140225 | Damping Separator Element for Producing Delimiting or Protective Barriers - The invention concerns a damping separator element for producing delimiting or protective barriers, for example for road traffic lanes or motor sports tracks. The element includes an elongated horizontal section and a cover, preferably made of flexible plastic material. The central reinforcement or hollow core, preferably made of metal, produced in the form of a flattened sheath and extended from one end to the other of the element, is housed inside the cover. The reinforcement provides a space between the cover and the central flattened hollow reinforcement, the space being filled or to be filled with a plastic foam such as, for example, a polyethylene foam. | 06-04-2009 |
20090146121 | Posts For Road Safety Barrier - A road safety barrier having a plurality of ropes supported by posts rigidly mounted on or in the ground is described. Each rope is held in tension against the posts and supported in a notch or groove in a side of the posts. The ropes are released from a post and the post is not pulled from the ground when a vertical force is exerted on the rope. The ropes when weaved are tensioned against the posts and this gives rise to a combined frictional resistance to displacement of the ropes relative to each post along the length of the safety barrier. The structure of at least some of the posts and/or their mounting with respect to the ground defines a minimum bending yield strength in a direction along the length of the barrier. This minimum bending yield strength is greater than the bending moment resulting from the combined frictional resistance forces acting on the post. | 06-11-2009 |
20090194752 | Releasable Highway Safety Structures - Consistent and reliable releasing of a guardrail during a vehicle impact is enabled by a releasable fastener for safety structures along a highway. The release of secured components such as guardrail is controlled, and precise positional cooperation is provided between securing members and the guardrail. Forces may be attenuated to further optimize response. | 08-06-2009 |
20090206308 | Continuous Metallic System For Safety Barriers Applicable As Protection For Motorcyclists Made Up Of A Bottom Continuous Horizontal Metallic Screen Supported On The Barrier By Means Of Metallic Arms Arranged At Regular Intervals - The invention relates to a continuous metal system which is used to protect motorcyclists and which can be installed on a standard metal safety barrier. The invention comprises a continuous horizontal metal panel ( | 08-20-2009 |
20090218554 | CABLE GUARDRAIL SYSTEM AND HANGER - A hanger for a cable guardrail system is disclosed including a first portion with first and second seats on opposite sides of a post each seat capable of supporting a cable, and a second portion capable of engaging the end of the post. Also disclosed is a cable guardrail system including a plurality of posts, a plurality of hangers attached to at least a portion of the plurality of posts, and at least two cables supported by the seats on opposite sides of the post. The cable guardrail system may redirect an impacting vehicle and dissipate a portion of the impacting vehicle's energy. | 09-03-2009 |
20090242863 | ENERGY ABSORBING POST FOR ROADSIDE SAFETY DEVICES - An energy-absorbing post for absorbing the impact energy of an errant vehicle wherein the impact energy is absorbed by out-of-place deformation in the material of the post. Out-of-plane deformation is provided by utilizing a through bolt extending through a splice connection between upper and lower posts sections. Alternatively, out-of-plane deformation is provided by leaving an axial gap on a splice bolts. For terminal applications, a single through-bolt is utilized to allow the upper post section to pivot during end on impacts. Bolt tear out facilitators, including stress concentrators and pre-buckles, or an angled through-bolt decrease any initially high tear-out forces. Direct out-of-plane deformation is provided by extending a tab from a splice plate and connecting the tab to the post, by forming one or more slots in an upstream lateral face of the post and directly welding a splice plate near the slots, or by connecting a bent over splice plate on opposing planar sides thereof to facilitate out-of-plane deformation in a weldment area between the plate and the post. | 10-01-2009 |
20090250674 | Vehicle barrier system - A modular vehicle barrier system includes a reaction mass for installation in the earth; at least one post immovably anchored in the reaction mass and extending upwardly therefrom; the reaction mass having a forward member for confronting and compressing the surrounding earth and absorbing energy from the impact of the vehicle with the post. | 10-08-2009 |
20090250675 | Vehicle Barrier - A vehicle barrier having an impact side, a reflection side opposite the impact side, and a plurality of interior walls extending between the impact side and the reflection side. The refection side, the impact side, and the plurality of interior walls are formed from vertically-oriented sheets of barrier material (when in the deployed configuration). Further, the refection side, the impact side, and the plurality of interior walls define multiple chambers. The chambers can be packed with fill material to stop an oncoming vehicle. | 10-08-2009 |
20090272955 | TENSION GUARDRAIL TERMINAL - In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a terminal portion of a guardrail safety system includes a terminal portion of a guardrail beam having a downstream end and upstream end. The terminal portion of the guardrail beam slopes from a height appropriate for redirecting an errant vehicle to a height proximate the surface of the ground at an upstream end of the terminal portion. Support posts are installed adjacent a roadway in spaced apart relation to one another and are coupled to the terminal portion of the guardrail beam. A terminal support post is installed adjacent the roadway at an upstream end of the end terminal. The terminal support post couples to an upstream end of the terminal portion of the guardrail beam by a resistive, tensile coupling that maintains tension in the terminal portion of the guardrail beam. The resistive, tensile coupling is maintained between the terminal support post and the guardrail beam during an end-on or re-directive impact by a vehicle. However, the resistive, tensile coupling between the terminal support post and the guardrail beam is released during a reverse-direction impact. | 11-05-2009 |
20090272956 | GUARDRAIL SAFETY SYSTEM FOR DISSIPATING ENERGY TO DECELERATE THE IMPACTING VEHICLE - In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, an end treatment of a guardrail safety system includes a terminal portion of a guardrail beam that has a downstream end and an upstream end. The terminal portion of the guardrail beam slopes from a first vertical height appropriate for redirecting an errant vehicle to a second vertical height proximate the surface of the ground at an upstream end of the terminal portion of the guardrail beam. A flattening portion forms a channel through which the terminal portion of the guardrail beam is disposed. A vertical dimension of the channel is greater at a downstream end of the flattening portion than at an upstream end of the flattening portion. An impact plate is connected to the flattening portion for engaging an impacting vehicle at an end of said guardrail beam. During an end-on impact, the impact plate and the flattening portion are advanced longitudinally along the guardrail in a downstream direction by the vehicle. The advancement of the impact plate and flattening portion dissipate energy to decelerate the impacting vehicle. As downstream portions of the guardrail beam are forced into the flattening portion, the guardrail is flattened vertically. | 11-05-2009 |
20090278102 | PROTECTION BARRIER - A protection barrier includes a base, the base having a great lower side and a small topside; the base expanding from the topside to the lower side gradually; each of two lateral sides of the base being installed with a first buffer for buffering and resisting impacts from vehicles. The base has an approximate triangle shape with each apex being frustrated. Each of the two lateral sides of the base having a second buffer. A ground anchor is installed to a bottom of the base. The buffers have a shape selected from semi-round shapes, semi-elliptical shapes, and other cambered shapes. The protection barriers can be arranged longitudinally between two lanes for isolation or aside a lane for preventing a vehicle to run out of the lane. | 11-12-2009 |
20090302288 | GUARDRAIL - An impact slider assembly for a guardrail which includes: a slider mechanism attached to a first rail and second rail which substantially conforms with a rail profile; and an integral means for attachment to the first rail, wherein the slider mechanism gathers telescoping rails whilst substantially maintaining the strength of the rails in a fully re-directing manner. | 12-10-2009 |
20090315007 | Impact load deflector sleeve and removable collar assembly for cable and post protection - A guard system for protecting cables or posts from damage by falling rocks and other dynamic forces is provided. The guard assembly comprises a first sleeve rotatably positionable about one of the cables or the posts and a second sleeve rotatably positionable about the cable or the post. A removable collar assembly is positioned between the first sleeve and the second sleeve for maintaining the spacing between the first sleeve and the second sleeve with the removable collar assembly comprising a first removable collar and a second removable collar. The first removable collar has a first slot for receiving the cable or post and the second removable collar has a second slot for receiving the cable or post with the first slot extending from a perimeter of the first removable collar to a point past a center point of the first removable collar and the second slot extending from a perimeter of the second removable collar to a point past a center point of the second removable collar. The first sleeve is free from any overlap and connection with the removable collar assembly and the second sleeve is free from any overlap and connection with the removable collar assembly. The first sleeve, the second sleeve, and the removable collar assembly are independently rotatable from each other. | 12-24-2009 |
20100084623 | PERIMETER SECURITY BARRIERS - A perimeter security barrier ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100090185 | ROADWAY GUARDRAIL SYSTEM AND HANGER - A roadway guardrail system is disclosed having a plurality of posts capable of supporting at least one rod transverse to the posts, and at least one rod comprising one or more axially extending steel rods supported transverse to the plurality of posts. Each rod may include a plurality of axially extending steel rods supported transverse to the plurality of posts connected in a substantially end to end relationship. The steel rods may be connected using a coupler, and may be welded. The steel rods may be rebar. | 04-15-2010 |
20100140577 | Combined Guardrail and Cable Safety Systems - A combined guardrail and cable safety system is disclosed. In one aspect, the present invention teaches a safety barrier including a plurality of cable posts spaced from each other and disposed adjacent to a roadway. At least two cables are releasably engaged with and supported by the cable posts. The cable posts and the two cables cooperate with each other to prevent a vehicle from leaving the roadway. A plurality of guardrail posts are spaced from each other and disposed adjacent to the roadway longitudinally spaced from the plurality of cable post. A guardrail beam is fixedly coupled to the plurality of guardrail posts and including slots. The two cables extend from the cable posts through respective slots formed in the guardrail beam permitting each cable to engage a respective cable anchor bracket securely fastened to a portion of the guardrail beam. | 06-10-2010 |
20100207087 | IMPACT ENERGY DISSIPATION SYSTEM - A guardrail includes a cable routing device providing a tortuous path for at least one tensioned cable, the cable routing device includes a bar having a rotational axis and including a cable entry port having a circumference slightly larger than the cable which passes directly therethrough when the bar is in a first non-cable gripping orientation in which the diameter of the port (diametric width) is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the cable, and wherein rotation of the bar about the axis effectively decreases the width of the port relative to the width of the cable to create a second cable-gripping orientation which provides the tortuous path, wherein the tortuous path through the bar is due to the relative decrease in the effective diametric width of the port and this provides sufficient frictional resistance to movement in relation to the cable during impact to facilitate impact energy dissipation. | 08-19-2010 |
20100243978 | GUARDRAIL ASSEMBLY, BREAKAWAY SUPPORT POST FOR A GUARDRAIL AND METHODS FOR THE ASSEMBLY AND USE THEREOF - A breakaway support post for a guardrail includes an upper post member and a lower post member. The upper and lower post members are overlapping and configured such that the upper and lower post members are non-rotatable relative to each other about an axis extending in an axial impact direction. In one embodiment, a tensile fastener extends in the axial impact direction and connects overlapping portions of the upper and lower post members. In another embodiment, a shear fastener extends transversely to the axial impact direction and is the only connection between the upper and lower post members. In another aspect, a guardrail assembly includes first and second rail sections, with a deforming member deforming the first rail section as it moves relative to the second rail section. Methods of using and assembling a guardrail assembly are also provided. | 09-30-2010 |
20100314595 | HIGH FLARE BREAKAWAY GUARDRAIL TERMINAL - A guardrail system having a standard length-of-need section and a terminal end, the terminal end having a high effective flare rate of at least 5:1 is provided with two independent and cooperating cable anchor systems. One of the cable anchor systems is a side impact releasing mechanism which may include a strut connecting a first and a second breakaway post; a strut anchor release affixed at a first end to a first breakaway post and at a second end to the rail element; a strut with a plug weld anchor release; a strut with a shear bolt anchor release; and a strut with an angled plate anchor release. | 12-16-2010 |
20110024707 | Bumper Rail System Shock Absorber - A bumper rail assembly is provided that uses bars of arch-shaped spring steel, mounted in a standing-arch configuration, as shock absorbers for the bumper rails. An end portion of the spring steel bar is shaped into a saddle so that the spring steel bar can be secured indirectly, by means of a metal plate or bracket, to the concrete base. The assembly minimizes shear forces on the anchor bolts, offers performance advantages over conventional shock absorbers such as used tires, and is economically competitive with conventional shock absorbers. | 02-03-2011 |
20110031456 | VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM - The invention relates to a vehicle restraint system for demarcating roadways, including guard rails ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110057160 | Tension Guardrail Terminal - A terminal portion of a guardrail safety system includes a terminal portion of a guardrail beam having a downstream end and upstream end. The terminal portion of the guardrail beam slopes from a height appropriate for redirecting an errant vehicle to a height proximate the surface of the ground at an upstream end of the terminal portion. | 03-10-2011 |
20110062402 | Anti-Ram Vehicle Barrier - A gate assembly according to one or more aspects of the present disclosure comprises a cable extending across a panel, the panel movable between a closed position blocking an entry port and an open position; a latch post secured in the ground on a first side of the entry port, wherein a first end of the cable connected to the latch post when the panel is in the closed position; and a post device secured in the ground on a second side of the entry port, the panel positioned through a passage of the post device. | 03-17-2011 |
20110062403 | Anti-Ram Vehicle Barrier System - An anti-ram vehicle barrier system adapted to arrest an impacting vehicle of substantial mass within a selected distance of the barrier. The distance is approximately 36 inches for a vehicle having a mass of at least about 15,000 pounds and traveling at least about 30 mph upon impact with the barrier. The barrier system includes a fence portion and/or a gate for selectively allowing passage through an entry port. The fence portion includes a pair of terminal posts positioned in and secured to the ground in a spaced apart relationship and cables connected between the terminal posts. The gate includes a cable extending across a panel that is connected on opposing ends to opposing posts positioned on opposite sides of the entry point. For passage the panel is moved relative to the posts. The panel is moved vertically relative to the ground in some embodiments and laterally in other embodiments. | 03-17-2011 |
20110084246 | Metal Roadway Safety Barrier - Metal roadway safety barrier formed by a series of horizontal rails, girders or fences ( | 04-14-2011 |
20110095250 | Vehicle crash attenuator apparatus - Crash attenuator guardrail apparatus includes an impact head and a backstop having a cable and guardrails supported by guardrail supports located between the impact head and the backstop. Frictional forces are applied to the cable to control and resist movement of the impact head toward the backstop and provide lateral resistance. The guardrail supports include a base having break away structure and brace members having bends and which shorten or lengthen to absorb energy resulting from vehicle impact. | 04-28-2011 |
20110095251 | Vehicle crash attenuator apparatus - Crash attenuator guardrail apparatus includes an impact head and a backstop having a cable and guardrails supported by guardrail supports located between the impact head and the backstop. Frictional forces are applied to the cable to control and resist movement of the impact head toward the backstop and provide lateral resistance. The backstop releasably supports the cable and guardrails. | 04-28-2011 |
20110095252 | Vehicle crash attenuator apparatus - Crash attenuator guardrail apparatus includes an impact head and a backstop having a cable and guardrails supported by guardrail supports located between the impact head and the backstop. Frictional forces are applied to the cable to control and resist movement of the impact head toward the backstop and provide lateral resistance. | 04-28-2011 |
20110095253 | Energy Attenuating Safety System - An energy absorbing system with one or more energy absorbing assemblies is provided to reduce or eliminate severity of a collision between a moving vehicle and a roadside hazard. The energy absorbing system may be installed adjacent various roadside hazards or may be installed on highway service equipment. One end of the system may face oncoming traffic. A collision by a motor vehicle with a sled assembly may result in shredding or rupturing of portions of an energy absorbing element to dissipate energy from the vehicle collision. | 04-28-2011 |
20110114909 | GUARD RAIL INCLUDING NOISE-REDUCING MEASURES - A guard rail is provided with noise-reducing measures and includes a plurality of substantially vertical posts supporting a longitudinal guard rail beam. Furthermore the guard rail is provided with plate-shaped noise-reducing modules attached to the supporting, substantially vertical posts. Advantageously, the guard rail may be perforated so that the sound is allowed to pass into the noise-reducing modules at the rear. | 05-19-2011 |
20110121248 | SECURITY BARRIER FOR ROAD SAFETY - Road safety barrier belonging to the type of barriers that are mounted along road shoulders and outer edges to serve as protective elements and it is configured by a plurality of vertical poles to which the upper w-beam is affixed above and the corresponding lower support element is affixed below to allow assembling the protective woven mesh element to this structure but at a distance from the plurality of vertical poles, said structure comprising support elements ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110127479 | IMPACT ABSORBING BARRIER ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is an impact absorbing barrier assembly. The assembly includes a support having a pipe configuration and installed at the center line or the side of a road, an impact absorbing cylinder combined to the support and including a cylinder having a penetrating through-hole and being made by using one of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and soft polyurethane, and including a rotation support pipe corresponding to the outside circumference of the support and inserted into the through-hole, a fence guide horizontally installed at upper and lower portions of the impact absorbing cylinder and at front and rear portions of the support to connect the supports, a fence guide combining device, and a rotation support device to support the rotation of the impact absorbing cylinder. The impact from a car collision with the impact absorbing barrier assembly may be reduced. | 06-02-2011 |
20110127480 | ENERGY ABSORBING POST FOR ROADSIDE SAFETY DEVICES - An energy-absorbing post for absorbing the impact energy of an errant vehicle wherein the impact energy is absorbed by out-of-place deformation in the material of the post. Out-of-plane deformation is provided by utilizing a through bolt extending through a splice connection between upper and lower posts sections. Alternatively, out-of-plane deformation is provided by leaving an axial gap on a splice bolts. For terminal applications, a single through-bolt is utilized to allow the upper post section to pivot during end on impacts. Bolt. tear out facilitators, including stress concentrators and pre-buckles, or an angled through-bolt decrease any initially high tear-out forces. Direct out-of-plane deformation is provided by extending a tab from a splice plate and connecting the tab to the post, by forming one or more slots in an upstream lateral face of the post and directly welding a splice plate near the slots, or by connecting a bent over splice plate on opposing planar sides thereof to facilitate out-of-plane deformation in a weldment area between the plate and the post. | 06-02-2011 |
20110155981 | ROAD RAIL - A road rail comprises tubular posts ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110186795 | Highway Guardrail Post - A highway guardrail post comprises an elongated one-piece roll-formed metal body including a front wall defining an attachment face, a pair of opposing side walls orthogonal to the front wall, a first pair of inverted corners respectively connecting the pair of side walls to the front wall, and a second pair of inverted corners respectively extending from the pair of side walls and terminating in a pair of spaced rear edges to define a rear access opening opposite the front wall. The guardrail posts may be manufactured by roll-forming a metal sheet or coil and cutting the roll-formed metal sheet or coil into lengths. | 08-04-2011 |
20110233495 | SINGLE-WAVE BEAM GUARDRAIL PLATE AND SINGLE-WAVE BEAM STEEL GUARDRAIL - A waveform beam guardrail plate and a waveform beam steel guardrail are provided. In which, the guardrail plate includes a main body ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110253961 | Combined Guardrail and Cable Safety Systems - A combined guardrail and cable safety system is disclosed. In one aspect, a safety barrier incorporating the teachings of the present disclosure may include a plurality of cable posts spaced from each other and disposed adjacent to a roadway. At least two cables may be releasably engaged with and supported by the cable posts. The cable posts and the at least two cables may cooperate with each other to prevent a vehicle from leaving the roadway. A plurality of guardrail posts may also spaced from each other and disposed adjacent to the roadway longitudinally spaced from the plurality of cable post. A box beam guardrail beam may be attached to the plurality of guardrail posts. The at least two cables may operably extend from the cable posts to engage respective cable anchor brackets attached to the box beam guardrail beam. | 10-20-2011 |
20120001138 | Posts For Road Safety Barrier - A road safety barrier having a plurality of ropes supported by posts rigidly mounted on or in the ground is described. Each rope is held in tension against the posts and supported in a longitudinally oriented indentation in a side of the posts. The ropes are released from a post and the post is not pulled from the ground when a vertical force is exerted on the rope. The post may have a circular cross-section and the indentation has a bottom oriented substantially parallel to the ground such that the rope is biased to exit upward out of the indentation. The ropes when weaved are tensioned against the posts and this gives rise to a combined frictional resistance to displacement of the ropes relative to each post along the length of the safety barrier. | 01-05-2012 |
20120037865 | VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A vehicle restraint system for delimiting roadways includes guide barriers ( | 02-16-2012 |
20120043516 | CRASH CUSHION FOR ROADSIDE OBJECT - A sacrificial crash cushion ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120056143 | POSTS - A terminal post for a barrier includes an upright portion having an aperture positioned, so that in use: the aperture is located in a region of the upright portion above a ground engaging portion of the upright portion; and wherein located on one side of the aperture is a transverse reinforcing member which includes a slot for receiving a cable. At least one groove, or pair of notches is provided located beneath the aperture, and form(s) a predetermined fail line, along which the post will deform, upon receiving a substantially inline impact, which causes the transverse member to move to release the cable, and wherein the aperture is dimensioned to allow the terminal end of the cable formally retained by the slot to pass therethrough. | 03-08-2012 |
20120080654 | Visual highlight accessory for highway guardrails - A visual highlight accessory for attachment to highway guardrails has a paint coating and a clear varnish overcoating with mica particles for making the visual highlight accessory and the guardrail on which the visual highlight accessory is mounted readily visible to persons in vehicles travelling along a highway along which the visual highlight accessory borders. The visual highlight accessory has orifices corresponding to orifices in the guardrails to facilitate mounting of the visual highlight accessory on a guardrail. | 04-05-2012 |
20120104337 | METHOD FOR ABSORBING A VEHICLE IMPACT USING KINETIC FRICTION FORCE AND ROLLING FORCE PRODUCED BY THE DRAGGING OF A SURFACE OF ROLLED TUBE, AND VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING APPARATUS USING SAME - An object of the present invention is to continuously secure a displacement while dynamic kinetic energy of a vehicle is absorbed by a kinetic frictional force and rolling force produced by dragging a surface of a soft rolled tube, and to let an evaluation index of PHD belong to a passenger safety index by slowly maintaining the maximum deceleration applied to the vehicle and passenger, thereby preventing a human in safe against fatal impact. The present invention is configured to reduce the maximum deceleration by 20 g or less by a kinetic frictional force of a first dragging kinetic frictional force inducing member at a front end portion of a rolled tube | 05-03-2012 |
20120104338 | VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM WITH WEIGHTING BODY - The present invention relates to a vehicle restraint system ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120119175 | ROADWAY GUARDRAIL SYSTEM - A roadway guardrail system including a rail and plurality of support posts assembled such that upon impact from a vehicle the rail moves upwardly with respect to the post. Fasteners may be used in the operative coupling of the rail to the support posts, such that upon impact the fasteners move upwardly with respect to the support posts and the rail moves upwardly along with the fasteners. The guardrail system may further include a reinforcing member that is slidable along the post and operatively coupled to the rail with the fasteners, such that the rail and fasteners slide along with the reinforcing member with respect to the support posts. The reinforcing member may be a spacer of various shapes, a washer, an additional rail section, or other type of member that allows the rail to slide upwardly with respect to the post. | 05-17-2012 |
20120168702 | RAPID DEPLOYMENT BARRIER - A barrier device capable of rapid deployment and assembly to form a barrier wall. The barrier device comprises wheels so as to be easily transported. The barrier device further comprises connection plates so that adjacent barriers can be connected to one another quickly and without the use of any tools or other components. In one aspect, the invention is the barrier device comprising: base plate structure having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of the base plate structure being in a first plane; a wall plate structure connected to and extending upward from the top surface of the base plate structure; and at least one wheel having a tread surface, the at least one wheel positioned so that the tread surface of the wheel is at or above the first plane and at least a portion of the tread surface extends beyond the rear edge of the base plate structure. | 07-05-2012 |
20120199802 | CABLE-BARRIERS - A terminal post for a cable barrier which includes:
| 08-09-2012 |
20120205603 | HIGHWAY GUARDRAIL POST - A highway guardrail post comprises an elongated one-piece roll-formed metal body including a front wall defining an attachment face, a pair of opposing side walls orthogonal to the front wall, a first pair of inverted corners respectively connecting the pair of side walls to the front wall, and a second pair of inverted corners respectively extending from the pair of side walls and terminating in a pair of spaced rear edges to define a rear access opening opposite the front wall. The guardrail posts may be manufactured by roll-forming a metal sheet or coil and cutting the roll-formed metal sheet or coil into lengths. | 08-16-2012 |
20120211710 | GUARDRAIL ASSEMBLY, BREAKAWAY SUPPORT POST FOR A GUARDRAIL AND METHODS FOR THE ASSEMBLY AND USE THEREOF - A guardrail assembly includes first and second rail sections, with a deforming member deforming the first rail section as it moves relative to the second rail section. Methods of using and assembling a guardrail assembly are also provided. | 08-23-2012 |
20120217459 | END TERMINAL - An end terminal for a guardrail system includes an elongated guardrail beam and a flattening or reshaping device defining a channel having an inlet and an outlet vertically aligned along a longitudinal axis. The guardrail beam is moveable along the longitudinal axis through the channel from the inlet to the outlet. An anchor is vertically spaced below the outlet, with a tether coupled between the anchor and an end portion of the guardrail beam. The tether is adapted to pull the guardrail beam downwardly from a first height at the outlet to a second height vertically spaced from the first height free of any engagement with any other structure once the guardrail beam exits the outlet, and with a bending of the deformed guardrail beam in only one direction after the deformed guardrail beam leaves the outlet. Methods of assembly and operation are also provided. | 08-30-2012 |
20120241702 | ENERGY ABSORPTION APPARATUS - A guardrail or other energy absorbing apparatus includes a plurality of terminal end rails extending longitudinally extend between a plurality of support posts, wherein a first four of said plurality of rails (labelled | 09-27-2012 |
20120280193 | TERMINAL ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROAD RAIL - In a terminal arrangement for a road rail with a rail profile ( | 11-08-2012 |
20120298943 | Composite Guardrail Posts and Composite Floor I-Joist - The first product is Composite Guardrail Post (CGP). CGP is designed overcome all these drawbacks by substituting standard timber posts with metal jacket composite posts. The second product is Composite Floor Joist (CFI). The current invention (CFI) is similar to TJI in concept, but uses all composite material for both flanges and webs. Also, the connections between flange and web are much stronger, enabling the development of composite actions to the fullest extent. | 11-29-2012 |
20120313062 | CRASH BARRIER WITH OVER-PRESSURE RELIEF SYSTEM - A crash barrier system is provided that generally includes a hydraulic actuator driven piston operably connected to a hydraulic circuit and the crash barrier. In general, the hydraulic circuit includes a normal-UP and normal-DOWN section, an emergency-UP section, and an external pressure relief valve. In order to automatically provide corrective action in the event of an overpressure condition, the external pressure relief valve is connected to the hydraulic circuit. Upon occurrence of condition that causes the hydraulic fluid pressure to exceed a predetermined value, hydraulic fluid is released through the pressure relief valve to maintain the pressure at or below the predetermined value. | 12-13-2012 |
20130037769 | STEEL ROPE SAFETY SYSTEM WITH COMPACTED ROPES - A steel rope safety system includes at least one steel rope having at least one strand, and the at least one rope or at least one strand is compacted. Further, a method is provided for making a steel rope safety system comprising the step of providing at least two wires, the step of stranding the wires thereby forming a strand for a rope and the step of compacting the strand. The steel rope safety system includes a guardrail system having vertical poles and horizontal compacted ropes which are held in place by hooks. The steel rope safety system may include non-round shaped, such as trapezoidal shaped compacted wires. There is likewise provided the use of compacted steel ropes as impact reducing material. | 02-14-2013 |
20130069026 | Cable Guardrail Safety System - A safety barrier comprising is disclosed. The safety barrier comprises a plurality of posts spaced from each other and disposed adjacent to a roadway, each post having a cross section defined in part by a web and a pair of legs extending therefrom. Additionally, each post has one slot formed in the web of the post extending from an upper end of the post. A first cable and a second cable are releasably engaged with and supported by the posts and disposed within each slot between the respective legs of each post. A third cable and a fourth cable are each coupled to an exterior surface of the posts. The posts and the first, second, third and fourth cables cooperate to prevent a vehicle from leaving the roadway. | 03-21-2013 |
20130126810 | Vehicle Catch Systems and Methods - Embodiments of the present invention provide vehicle restraints and fence systems that offer better protection to the driver and vehicle in the event of an accident where the car becomes airborne and leaves the road or track. | 05-23-2013 |
20130140510 | ENERGY ABSORPTION DEVICES - A slider assembly includes:
| 06-06-2013 |
20130181178 | BENDABLE POLE FOR WIRE-ROPE SAFETY FENCES - Bendable wire pole ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130207060 | Road Safety Barrier - A retainer ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130214226 | High Tension Release Jumper Cable - A high tension release jumper cable and, more specifically, a safety device to be used when releasing the tension on a high tension cable guard rail system is provided. The high tension release jumper cable may be used by fire and rescue personnel to safely release the tension on a cable of a high tension cable guard rail system when necessary to conduct a rescue, recovery, or extraction. The high tension release jumper cable includes a safety cable with a high power clamp mounted on each end. The two clamps are clamped to the cable of the cable guard rail system while leaving slack in the safety cable. The cable of the cable guard rail system may then be slowly cut, while the clamps and safety cable ensure that the proper amount of tension is safely released from the cable. | 08-22-2013 |
20130228730 | Safety Wall - A safety wall intended to be placed in front of at least one obstacle for partially absorbing a collision impact with said obstacle, the said safety wall comprising a first element ( | 09-05-2013 |
20130228731 | Energy Attenuating Safety System - An energy absorbing system with one or more energy absorbing assemblies is provided to reduce or eliminate severity of a collision between a moving vehicle and a roadside hazard. The energy absorbing system may be installed adjacent various roadside hazards or may be installed on highway service equipment. One end of the system may face oncoming traffic. A collision by a motor vehicle with a sled assembly may result in shredding or rupturing of portions of an energy absorbing element to dissipate energy from the vehicle collision. | 09-05-2013 |
20130248791 | BARRIER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A barrier system is provided including at least one upright barrier member and one or more cable means associated with said at least one upright barrier member. The one or more cable means are provided on or associated with one or more side walls of the at least one barrier member. | 09-26-2013 |
20130256617 | Anchor Cable Release Mechanism for a Guardrail System - A highway guardrail terminal having horizontally extending guardrail elements mounted on a plurality of vertical posts. An anchor cable release mechanism having a cable release bracket attached to a W-beam rail element by cable release bolts has an arrangement of tapered slots and elongated openings to quickly release the cable release bracket from the W-beam rail element upon end-on vehicular impact to the terminal. The tapered slots have a geometry which lifts the bracket away from and out of a parallel alignment with the W-beam rail element. | 10-03-2013 |
20130270500 | Safety Trailer - The present invention is directed to differing embodiments of safety trailers, which have first and second platforms and a safety wall positioned therebetween. The platforms and safety wall define an area protected from vehicular incursions. | 10-17-2013 |
20130284994 | Road Barrier And A Method For Manufacturing Thereof - A road barrier comprising a support ( | 10-31-2013 |
20140042379 | BARRIER SYSTEM - A barrier system including a guardrail, a support to hold the guardrail in position and a fastener to attach the guardrail to the support, wherein the support has a weakened zone to facilitate the fastener releasing from the support when the support is subject to impact forces. | 02-13-2014 |
20140103278 | GUARDRAIL DEVICE FOR HIGHWAY - The present invention involves a kind of guardrail device used for a highway, wherein, said guardrail plate is formed by PVC resin and has reinforcing bands fixed therein; a bracket is set between a small vertical column and the guardrail plate, the bracket being fixed to the small vertical column, the guardrail plate being fixed to the bracket by frame bolts; a middle large vertical column mechanism is comprised of a middle connecting plate, a connecting ring and a guardrail plates having end portions; two guardrail plates wind reversely within the connecting ring; an end large vertical column mechanism comprises a sheath, an end connecting plate and guardrail plates having end portions, the sheath is fixed to the end large vertical column, the outer sheath is wound around by guardrail plates which are fixed to the end connecting plate by frame bolts. The whole design of the invention is reasonable in structure, have good performance of collision resistance, low cost and long life performance. It displays nice cushion property at the moment of vehicle collision and uneasily to impose scratch on the car, which greatly reduce the possibility to cause secondary damage to the passenger and vehicle. Moreover, the material used brings no pollution to the environment, therefore it's green. | 04-17-2014 |
20140110651 | GUARDRAIL - A guardrail system includes a plurality of posts spaced apart along a longitudinal direction and a plurality of rail sections extending between and coupled to the spaced apart posts. Each of the rail sections includes an uppermost surface. A cable extends along the longitudinal direction and is coupled to the rail sections and/or posts. The cable is vertically spaced above the uppermost surface of the rail sections. A guardrail retrofit kit includes a front anchor bracket, a rear anchor bracket, an intermediate bracket and a cable having end portions adapted to be coupled to the front and rear anchor brackets. The intermediate bracket is configured to releasably capture the cable. Methods of retrofitting a guardrail system and arresting a vehicle impacting a guardrail system are also provided. | 04-24-2014 |
20140110652 | FRANGIBLE POST FOR HIGHWAY BARRIER END TERMINALS - A frangible post captures and holds a cable anchor to a guardrail. The post breaks when struck by a vehicle, releasing the cable. The frangible post may include hinge members, which bias the post so that weakened sections are put in tension when the post is struck, thereby ensuring that the post breaks cleanly and the cable is released when the post is struck. A method of releasing a cable anchor includes impacting the post, biasing the weakened sections so that they are in tension, breaking the post, and releasing the cable anchor. The post may be configured with a notch to engage the cable anchor, which is then released from the notch as the post is broken. | 04-24-2014 |
20140145132 | GUARDRAIL SYSTEM WITH A RELEASABLE POST - A guardrail system includes a guardrail, a support post, and a fastener joining the guardrail and the support post. The support post includes a hole receiving the fastener, a fastener retention mechanism, and a slot for the movement of the fastener during an impact. The fastener retention mechanism retains the fastener in the hole until a predetermined level of force is attained during an impact, after which the fastener is released and moves into the slot. Methods of moving the guardrail relative to the post are also provided. | 05-29-2014 |
20140203229 | PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE BARRIER - A pedestrian and vehicle barrier system is provided for attaching handrails onto vehicle guardrail barriers. The handrail attachment does not to unduly interfere with energy absorbing and/or dissipating features of vehicle guardrail barriers. The system comprises an elongate support post member with a slot at a bottom end, to be slid telescopically over a guardrail support post, and sleeved such that it is substantially restricted from moving laterally and/or rotating relative to the guardrail support post. Movement may be further restricted by fasteners. Handrails or other auxiliary barriers may be attached to a top end of the support post member. | 07-24-2014 |
20140209845 | Improved Barrier Construction - A roadway, guard rail or safety barrier having a post and beam construction wherein the beam is mounted to the post by means of a carriage, the beam being secured to the carriage by a securement means, the carriage being adapted to travel longitudinally relative to the post in the event of a collision, the post further including at least one carriage support means, and one or more engagement means on an outer face of the post, the engagement means being adapted to be engaged by the securement means to provide resistance to movement of the carriage with respect to the post, wherein the carriage is sized and shaped so as to not engage or to minimise engagement with the engagement means during the movement. | 07-31-2014 |
20140217344 | POSTS - A terminal post for a barrier includes an upright portion having an aperture positioned, so that in use: the aperture is located in a region of the upright portion above a ground engaging portion of the upright portion; and wherein located on one side of the aperture is a transverse reinforcing member which includes a slot for receiving a cable. At least one groove, or pair of notches is provided located beneath the aperture, and form(s) a predetermined fail line, along which the post will deform, upon receiving a substantially inline impact, which causes the transverse member to move to release the cable, and wherein the aperture is dimensioned to allow the terminal end of the cable formally retained by the slot to pass therethrough. | 08-07-2014 |
20140231735 | REINFORCED GUARDRAIL EXTRUDER HEAD - A guardrail extruder head includes: top and bottom feeder channels; an impact plate; a top plate connecting the impact plate to the top feeder channel; a bottom plate connecting the impact plate to the bottom feeder channel; a front extruder plate coupled between the top and bottom plates; a curved deflector plate attached to the front extruder plate and coupled between the top and bottom plates; a front brace on the front extruder plate near the curved deflector plate and coupled between the top and bottom plates; a back extruder plate opposite to the front extruder plate and coupled between the top and bottom plates; a front side plate and a back side plate positioned between the top and bottom feeder channels; a back brace on the back extruder plate near the feeder channels and coupled between the top and bottom plates; and an impact force transfer brace coupled to the front brace and the impact plate. | 08-21-2014 |
20140231736 | Posts For Road Safety Barrier - A road safety barrier having a plurality of ropes supported by posts rigidly mounted on or in the ground is described. Each rope is held in tension against the posts and supported in a notch or groove in a side of the posts. The ropes are released from a post and the post is not pulled from the ground when a vertical force is exerted on the rope. The ropes when weaved are tensioned against the posts and this gives rise to a combined frictional resistance to displacement of the ropes relative to each post along the length of the safety barrier. The structure of at least some of the posts and/or their mounting with respect to the ground defines a minimum bending yield strength in a direction along the length of the barrier. This minimum bending yield strength is greater than the bending moment resulting from the combined frictional resistance forces acting on the post. | 08-21-2014 |
20140252289 | High Speed Raceway Barrier - A barrier alongside a raceway or track providing safety to spectators when a racecar tends to leave the raceway. The barrier has a rigid base wall for deflecting racecars that may contact it. Secured to the base and extending upwardly are spaced apart rigid posts. Each post is covered by a deflector. Horizontally extensive steel cables are secured to the posts and deflector; the cables being arranged in mutually parallel vertically spaced apart positions one above the next. The deflector provides stand-off legs to which a spectator safety screen is attached. Racecars may strike the base at high speed and may leave the raceway and contact the cables which will restrain them. The deflector provides angled surfaces for deflecting vehicles and flying parts back toward the raceway. Flying debris is prevented from reaching spectators by the safety screen. | 09-11-2014 |
20140291595 | FREESTANDING FORCE PROTECTION SYSTEM - A portable barrier wall used for preventing the passage of people, vehicles, projectiles, blast debris, liquids, wind or waves through the wall. The wall is constructed of one or more x-shaped freestanding support structures arranged in parallel orientation to form a frame for holding retaining members that attach to the support structures. The retaining members form U-shaped containment structures within each segment of the wall. Fill material is added to the containment structures which are then sealed. Connecting means attach the two support structures together to prevent movement. Wall used to contain liquids may additionally include a liquid impervious layer that is placed external to the retaining member on the side of the barrier wall that will be in contact with liquid and the layer is anchored under the feet of one of the support structures. The wall may additionally hold absorptive or adsorptive materials to contain spills and contaminants. | 10-02-2014 |
20140312289 | VEHICLE SAFETY CATCH FENCE - The present invention is directed to a vehicle safety catch fence system, the system comprising: two or more posts; two or more longitudinal cables operatively coupled between the two or more posts; a transverse cable, wherein the transverse cable is operatively coupled to the two or more longitudinal cables; and two or more cable clamps, wherein the two or more cable clamps operatively couple the transverse cable to the two or more longitudinal cables. | 10-23-2014 |
20140319441 | ROADWAY GUARDRAIL SYSTEM - A roadway guardrail system including a rail and plurality of support posts assembled such that upon impact from a vehicle the rail moves upwardly with respect to the post. Fasteners may be used in the operative coupling of the rail to the support posts, such that upon impact the fasteners move upwardly with respect to the support posts and the rail moves upwardly along with the fasteners. The guardrail system may further include a reinforcing member that is slidable along the post and operatively coupled to the rail with the fasteners, such that the rail and fasteners slide along with the reinforcing member with respect to the support posts. The reinforcing member may be a spacer of various shapes, a washer, an additional rail section, or other type of member that allows the rail to slide upwardly with respect to the post. | 10-30-2014 |
20140332740 | GUARD CABLE FOR ROAD - The present invention relates to a guard cable for a road, and more specifically, to a guard cable for a road, wherein a plurality of wire ropes are provided in the horizontal direction with respect to a plurality of supports provided on the side of the road at intervals, and are shifted to a predetermined width from the supports to the roadway by a wire rope protrusion installation unit, and the plurality of wire ropes provided between the supports are maintained at constant intervals by an interval maintenance plate to minimize the concentration of loads on only one or more wire ropes among the plurality of wire ropes when a vehicle hits the guard cable, and to minimize the falling of the vehicle toward the outside of the road of the guard cable when the vehicle hits the guard cable. The present invention relates to a guard cable for a road, comprising: a plurality of supports ( | 11-13-2014 |
20150014617 | Road Barrier - The present invention provides a roadway barrier or guard rail system which has a post ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150129822 | BARRIER SYSTEM - A barrier system including a guardrail, a support to hold the guardrail in position and a fastener to attach the guardrail to the support, wherein the support has a weakened zone to facilitate the fastener releasing from the support when the support is subject to impact forces. | 05-14-2015 |
20150292169 | ENERGY ABSORBING APPARATUS - An energy absorbing apparatus is provided, including an outer shell having opposed ends and a left and right side wall and a hollow core; and wherein the shell includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart fold points positioned on the left and right side wall only at a height which substantially corresponds to the centre of gravity of a road vehicle; and wherein the fold points facilitate a controlled folding up of the sides and at least part of shell, at or around, the fold points, during an end on impact. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292170 | BARRIER - A roadside barrier which has underlying concrete support blocks, a mesh fence, optionally including overlying transparent sheet material, which is erected on the blocks, and a deterrent, sloping mesh-material, surface, which hinders human access, at a base of the fence on the support blocks. | 10-15-2015 |
20150299969 | A POST - A post is provided which includes apertures on alternate sides of the post which, in use, receive and retain at least one cable therein, the same number of apertures are on each side of the post wherein each aperture: has a side opening in the form of a mouth, wherein the mouth is at a distal region thereof configured to have a top surface with an angle greater than the angle at a proximate region of the mouth so as to reduce the travel path of, and/or; any frictional contact with; the cable, during ejection from aperture following a collision. | 10-22-2015 |
20150354155 | FLEXIBLE CRASH BARRIER WITH IMPROVED IMPACT ENERGY-ABSORBING CAPACITY - The present invention comprises: a plurality of supports; a guard rail; and connection parts which are inclined so as to mutually connect the supports and the guard rail at certain intervals, such that an impact energy-absorbing capacity can be improved by preventing impact energy from being directly applied to the supports in a direction orthogonal to the guard rail. | 12-10-2015 |
20160024731 | TRAFFIC PROTECTION BARRIER FOR ROADS - The guardrail, which may take the form of various types of guardrails, is noteworthy in that it includes an impact detector/indicator, for indicating the location of the guardrail involved in an impact or accident and also for notifying the accident and the place where it occurred to a traffic control station or to public assistance personnel. The detector/indicator includes a convex protective plate ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160024732 | ROADSIDE CRASH CUSHION - A roadside crash cushion ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160047094 | POSTS - A method for releasing at least one anchor cable from a terminal post in a cable barrier, after an inline impact, including deforming the terminal post from a straight upright configuration to a bent inclined configuration where the deformation creates a suitably sized aperture in the post which enables release of the anchor cable. | 02-18-2016 |
20160060831 | Twist Box Guardrail Terminal - This guardrail terminal design incorporates an impact head of open front configuration adapted with the rear portion as a funnel disposed with the narrow end of the funnel facing forward which will flatten the W beam guardrail as it moves down the beam when impacted by a vehicle. Tension is maintained on the beam by flat strips connected from the beam through top open front of the impact head and is attached to a front anchor post. A wedge shaped reverse direction bracket with slotted bolt holes such that the slots open toward the traffic direction disposed at the back of the impact head where it connects to the guardrail will allow for reverse direction impacts to be accounted for. | 03-03-2016 |
20160083917 | Road Safety Barrier - A retainer ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160115662 | ROADWAY CABLE BARRIER SYSTEM - A roadway cable barrier includes a post located adjacent to a roadway and extending vertically from a ground level to a top end, a connector having a first leg and a second leg spaced apart and extending in the same downward direction from a top section, the top section is positioned on the top end of the post such that the first leg and the second leg are positioned on opposite sides of the post from one another, a retaining loop is formed by one of the first leg and the second leg and a longitudinally extending roadway barrier cable is disposed within the retaining loop. | 04-28-2016 |
20160145818 | DEFLECTION LIMITING JJ-HOOK STYLE TEMPORARY CONCRETE MEDIAN BARRIER - A deflection limiting JJ-Hook style temporary concrete median barrier (TCMB) comprising: a JJ-Hook style TCMB; and at least one bent plate attached to the JJ-Hook style TCMB; wherein a first portion of the bent plate is attached to the JJ-Hook style TCMB using an anchor bolt, nut and backing plate, wherein the anchor bolt is disposed through the first portion of the bent plate, the JJ-Hook style TCMB and the backing plate; wherein a second portion of the bent plate is attached to the JJ-Hook style TCMB using an anchor pin wherein the anchor pin is disposed through the second portion of the bent plate and a portion the JJ-Hook style TCMB; and wherein the anchor pin extends through a bottom of the JJ-Hook style TCMB and into a surface supporting the JJ-Hook style TCMB. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145819 | ROADWAY BARRIER - A stand-alone, roadway barrier includes: an internal structural framework ( | 05-26-2016 |
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