Impact absorbing barrier and method of constructing same

Details Impact absorbing barrier and method of constructing same Impact absorbing barrier and method of constructing same

1991-07-25

1993-08-24

Reese, Randolph A.

Fences

Highway guard

256 1, E01F 1500

Patent

active

052382281

ABSTRACT:
An impact absorbing barrier (10) for use in conjunction with moving vehicles or the like and a method of constructing includes a plurality of torroid-like bumpers (12) stacked vertically to form a cylinder (14). The bumpers (12) of the cylinder (14) are permanently bound together by bands (16) to form the barrier (10). At least one coupling (20) is attached to one of the bands (16) to allow multiple barriers (10) to be attached in a chain-like manner to form a guardrail. The method of constructing the impact absorbing barrier 10 includes the steps of separating a plurality of tires into tire halves (24), (26), (28); placing a first tire half (26) on a base with its concave side exposed; nesting a plurality of tire halves (24) on the exposed concave side of the first tire half (26); and placing a second tire half (28) with its concave side facing the nested tire halves (24) to envelope the nested tire halves (24) within the concave sides of the first tire half (26) and second tire half (28) to form a torroid-like bumper (12). These steps are repeated to form a bumper (12). The bumpers (12) are vertically stacked to form a cylinder (14), and cylinders (14) are tied together to form the barrier (10).

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