Road structure – process – or apparatus – Traffic steering device or barrier
Patent
1998-08-12
2000-08-15
Lisehora, James A.
Road structure, process, or apparatus
Traffic steering device or barrier
527364, 267116, 405216, E02D 560
Patent
active
061026115
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for protecting structural supports from damage when impacted by an object such as a moving vehicle is provided. The apparatus has a shaped component which in the preferred embodiment is a semi-cylindrical component having a body defined by a wall, a top, and a base. The wall has at least one flat wall face and surrounds a hollow interior. An indentation for receiving a structural support is present in at least one flat wall face. A means for securing the shaped component to the structural suppport and for firmly seating one component at its flat wall face against the second component at its flat wall face when two components are present. Preferably, each component has a plurality of impact absorbing indentations, each having an aperture, a base and a wall extending from the base to an aperture mouth. These indentations function to re-distribute the energy of impact when a collusion occurs between the apparatus and a moving object. Preferably, each component is formed by rotational molding from a plastic resin.
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Hero Products, Inc.
Lisehora James A.
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