Fences – Highway guard
Reexamination Certificate
2008-02-14
2010-11-16
Ferguson, Michael P (Department: 3679)
Fences
Highway guard
C404S006000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07832713
ABSTRACT:
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.
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Exhibit A—Letter (HNG-14) from Creative Building Products Division of Spirit of America Corporation, 4307 Arden Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 from U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration regarding Recycled Plastic Highway Spacer Block and composition of same, dated Mar. 26, 1996, pp. 1-4.
Exhibit B—HWYCOM Highway Composites Product Brochure regarding Fiberglass Breakaway Sign Supports and Barricades from an Internet publication at http://www.hwycom.com/products.htm, dated Mar. 26, 2001, pp. 1-3.
Exhibit C—Bryson Products, Inc.'s Product Information Brochure, regarding Plastic Block Fabrication from an Internet publication at http://www.guardrails.com/company.html, dated Sep. 12, 2001.
Exhibit D—Bryson Products, Inc.'s Interdepartmental Memo regarding recycled/synthetic guardrail blockouts from Bryson to District Construction Engineers of Mississippi Department of Transportation, dated Mar. 18, 1999, p. 1.
Exhibit E—Bryson Products, Inc.'s letter regarding recycled/synthetic guardrail blockouts from Alabama Department of Transportation to Bryson Products, Inc., dated Aug. 1998, p. 1.
Exhibit F—Bryson Products, Inc.'s letter regarding recycled/synthetic guardrail blockouts from North Carolina Department of Transportation to Bryson Products, Inc., dated Nov. 18, 1998, p. 1.
Exhibit G—Bryson Products, Inc.'s Product Bulletin regarding a RE-BLOCK (Recycled Plastic Block) obtained from the internet at http://www.guardrails.com/catalog/reblock.html, dated Sep. 12, 2001, pp. 1-3.
Exhibit H—Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc. letter from U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration regarding Polyethylene Polymer Offset Blocks, dated Mar. 11, 1997, pp. 1-5.
Exhibit I—Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc. Product bulletin No. 1097 MPT 100 regarding Polyethylene Polymer Offset Blocks, date not available, pp. 1-4.
Exhibit J—Material Safety and Data Sheet from Polymer Process Technologies, Inc., whose address is 171 Kelly Avenue, Akron, OH 44306, for PPT-SYS [R] Product for Rubber Applications and PPT-SYS [P] for Plastic Applications, dated Jun. 28, 1999, pp. 1-5.
Exhibit K—Material Safety and data Sheet from Polymer Process Technologies, Inc., whose address is 171 Kelly Avenue, Akron, OH 44306, for PPT-RNU Product dated Jun. 24, 1999, pp. 1-7.
Carrithers David W.
Carrithers Law Office PLLC
Ferguson Michael P
K.E.S.S. Inc.
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