HIGHWAY GUARD

A barrier for use as a breakwater or highway safety divider having a reinforced concrete base in which are embedded a plurality of tires extending outwardly of said base and means for joining a plurality of said bases in line.

A sound damping curtain wall is disclosed having a plurality of generally parallel tubular damping elements arranged in side by side fashion. Each damping element is fabricated from thin flexible material and may include longitudinally extending corrugations. Each end of each damping element is provided...     

A guiderail system for floor-mounted storage racks which is located generally adjacent the access aisles. Tubular guiderails are supported by brackets which include a pair of sockets extending in opposite horizontal directions which sockets are proportioned to closely interfit within the tubular guiderail....     

A roadway impact attenuator adapted to be installed between lanes on a highway or in advance of a barrier on the highway includes a number of substantially identical units each of which has a framework slidably resting on the ground or pavement, and spaced from the barrier or from a similar framework....     

A guardrail has a core formed of steel plate, sheet or strip having at least two planar sections lying in mutually intersecting planes. Several intersecting planar steel plates may be welded together in a star-shaped or box-girder configuration. A mass of nonporous synthetic-resin foam surrounds this...     

An impact barrier and restraint is provided for use on a longitudinally extending roadway. There are several barrier mechanisms, each including a base or diaphragm extending transversely of the roadway and related to the roadway by releasable anchors. In one version the diaphragm includes overlapping,...     

A noise reduction barrier is formed by connecting together a plurality of prefabricated vertically oriented panel members so configured that a hollow tubular wall is formed between opposed panels. The space between panels is filled with sand or loose earth which provides the mass to make the structure...     

Moveable barrier apparatus is disclosed for use in controlling traffic along parallel lanes of a roadway. The apparatus includes elongate channels which are embedded in the roadway transversely of the lanes at spaced-apart positions. Carrier cars are mounted by roller bearings for movement lengthwise...     

Disclosed is a concept for covering rigid members with a layer of an energy absorbing material, such as a ceramic foam or glass foam. In a specific application of the invention, the foam layer is used to cover highway structures, such as bridge columns. The objective is to make the highway structure...     

A highway guard rail bumper guard includes at least two automobile tires arranged concentrically one within the other. Each of the tires has a mirror circumferential segment thereof removed to provide each of such tires with a pair of spaced ends. The tires preferably are positioned such that the spaced...     

The invention relates to a device for absorbing impact energy and more particularly to a device to be mounted to a conventional guard rail structure. The device consists of a skein of yarn of undrawn synthetic polymer and preferably nylon 6. The yarn is passed through the holes of a plate which, in turn,...     

A post designed for sign post or guide marker use that will yield on impact and that will resume substantially its original configuration after the impact force has been removed. The post is formed as a single member, but with formed longitudinal shear planes to allow it to split along such shear planes...     

A shock-absorbing unit comprising a post with upper and lower generally coparallel passages therethrough, e.g., bores, for the reception of individual push rods, the inboard ends of the push rods supporting a rail, an oriented elastomer, e.g., a copolyetherester, connecting the outboard end of the push...     

A portable barricade for use at school crossings, and the like, has a frame mounted on wheels or similar transporter devices, and is provided with at least one lamp assembly for warning parties approaching the barricadeof the presence of a potentially hazardous condition. Attached to the frame is a brake...     

Disclosed is a device for absorbing the energy of a vehicle and protecting the same in the event of a collision with a relatively immovable hazard along a highway such as a bridge abutment or the like. The device includes a network of toroidal members, such as tires, including at least two rows of upright...     

An inertial barrier system for attenuating the energy of errant vehicles including inner module means defining an integral frangible container of generally wine glass-type configuration with an enlarged upper portion and a reduced lower stem portion for receiving a continuous mass of dispersible energy-attenuating...     

The safety barrier comprises a longitudinally extending rail rigidly engaged by support means disposed at intervals along the rail. A cable under tension is disposed proximate the rail and extends therealong so that the rail and cable combine to prevent failure of the barrier upon being impacted. In...     

A resilient guard rail assembly for use on one or both sides of a go-cart track, at dangerous curves or embankments to inhibit a go-cart from overrunning the track; said guard rail assembly including vehicle tires disposed in a tread to tread relationship with one side-wall of each tire engaging a surface,...     

A crash cushion barrier which is a disposable unit that is being used to protect vehicles when striking sign posts, concrete abutments and the like. The crash cushion may consist of a plurality of lightweight containers made of fiberglas and filled with a compressible mixture of vermiculite. The crash...     

A series of preformed panels are joined together at mating elongated male and female joint portions. The joint portions are secured together by a series of discrete spaced apart flexible tension members looped about portions of each panel.

An improved vehicular impact absorption system characterized by a plurality of aligned crash cushions of substantially cubic configuration, each consisting of a plurality of voided aluminum beverage cans arranged in substantial parallelism within a plurality of superimposed tiers and a covering envelope...     

A portable safety traffic barrier comprises a vertical hollow column of a thin flexible material upstanding from a base and a pair of vertically spaced substantially parallel hollow members of a resilient flexible material extending horizontally from the vertical column. Each of the column and horizontal...     

Disclosed herein is a cell used preferably with a guard rail to absorb the impact of a vehicle which crashes into the rail. The cell converts the kinetic energy of the automobile and absorbs it by distortion of the cell. The effect of the cushion is that it redirects the vehicle back to the roadway without...     

The noise protection screen of the present invention comprises a plurality of hollow tubular members, preferably of equal length and substantially elliptical in cross-section. The hollow members are formed of a flexible material and inclined at an angle to the horizontal. The hollow members are interconnected...     

A noise barrier wall having a transition area in the region of at least one unbounded edge and which employs controlled diffraction of sound to enhance the sound reducing properties thereacross. The transition area of the noise barrier is provided with either a row of absorptive shaped splitter panels,...     

A sacrificial barrier for use along a highway, usually arranged in an array of such barriers for causing a relatively rapid deceleration and stopping of a vehicle to prevent substantial injury to the vehicle and the occupant thereof. The barrier comprises a container body, a new, improved frangible support...     

A guard barrier system for along the edge of a vehicular roadway or the like consists of substantially solid, resilient, generally cylindrical bumper elements axially mounted on posts for rotation thereon. A plurality of the posts with bumper elements thereon are spaced along the edge of a roadway or...     

A plurality of signboards on a pair of legs are pivotally connected to a base and held in a vertical position by shear pins adapted to shear upon a predetermined impact force being directed against the signboards from either direction thereby allowing the legs to pivot to a collapsed horizontal position.

A barrier for use as a breakwater or highway safety divider having a reinforced resilient base in which are embedded a plurality of tires extending outwardly of said base and means for joining a plurality of said bases in line.

An improved livestock fence comprises a plurality of concrete posts which receive therebetween a plurality of concrete panels. Each of the posts has an enlarged base to allow the post to be free standing. Each panel is held between two adjacent posts with opposite sides of the panel being received in...     

A highway guardrail cover in the form of an elongate channel having a substantially C-shaped transverse cross-sectional configuration. The cover includes inwardly directed flanges for snap-fit attachment around opposed edge portions of the guardrail. The cover serves to enclose and protect the guardrail...     

A reflective roadway delineator for reflecting incident light directed thereon by an oncoming vehicle back to the vehicle, the delineator being capable of being mounted upon either a roadway barrier having a planar longitudinally extending surfaces thereon or in the generally U-shaped trough of a longitudinally...     

A noise barrier wall having a transition area in the region of at least one unbounded edge and which employs controlled diffraction of sound to enhance the sound reducing properties thereacross. The transition area of the noise barrier is provided with either a row of absorptive shaped splitter panels,...     

A moveable device used for delineating traffic lanes, adapted to be selectively placed into permanent dug holes for channeling vehicular traffic. The device comprises a bendable tubular post of polyethylene fastened to a rigid conical base. The base has a downward circular anchoring extension which can...     

Flexible elongate web structures with reflective faces are fixed on opposing ends of a support arm which is centrally mounted over a highway barrier. Appropriate geometric structure and material selection provide a non-destructive bending response for the respective web structures during vehicle impact...     

A road guard belt comprising a hollow belt-shaped body composed of an inflatable portion molded into one integral belt and a adapted to be inflated into an elongated tubular body by introducing fluid through a throttle hole therein. The hollow belt-shaped body is fitted to a road wall side facing the...     

A guard post to prevent damage to the doorway of a loading dock and in particular damage to the guide rails for an overhead door is disclosed. The guard post is anchored and braced to the floor in close proximity to the opening of the loading dock and blocks contact of a lift truck with the guide rails...     

A post for a guard rail used on a highway. Said post is made of an aluminum cast alloy, and is formed in an I-shape in a horizontal cross section, having a central web and front and rear flanges, and being wider at its lower portion. A mechanical neutral plane of the post along the widthwise direction...     

An inertial barrier system for attenuating the energy of errant vehicles. The system includes module means defining a frangible container having a generally inverted U-shaped configuration with an opened and enlarged upper portion and a closed lower portion. The upper and lower container portions receive...     

A barrier for highway traffic of the type designed to bring a vehicle to standstill and avoid contact with a roadside hazard, e.g. a post, abutment or pylon, comprises an array of upstanding posts adapted to cushion the impact and increasing in number and height in the direction of travel of the vehicle...     

A post made of one piece of molded polymeric material having a vertically upwardly extending elongated post means portion for supporting apparatus mounted thereon; a driving head means portion connected to and mounted below the lower end of the post means portion for application of force thereto without...     

A guard rail for use alongside a road or lane comprises two profiled side portions on opposite sides of the guard rail. Said side portions are joined by a gridlike web.

A post, or picket, for vertically positioning within the soil for delineation of a section of highway which on vehicular impact is capable of bending in any direction and thereafter, when the vehicle has passed, rebounding to its original position. The body of the post is constituted of a hollow, tubular...     

The traffic delineator assembly of the present invention is comprised of a elongated resiliently flexible delineator member, an anchor post, and a rigid pilot plate. The pilot plate is attached at the upper end of the anchor post and the lower end of the flexible delineator member is attached to the...     

Energy-absorption apparatus for truck docks constructed and arranged to withstand impact of semi-trailers backing into a truck dock without damage to the dock over a long period of time. The apparatus of the invention includes a plurality of spring steel leaves disposed in dependent relation from a point...     

A road barrier for traffic lanes, raceways and the like comprises a sheet-metal shell which is internally galvanized and is filled with a synthetic-resin foam and which extends continuously along the lane in contact with the ground while being of a height equal at least to a substantial fraction of the...     

A traffic barricade or marker comprises a base in the form of a conventional pneumatic vehicle tire having a pair of substantially vertical flexible plastic tubular posts upstanding from the tire upper sidewall from aperture means located diametrically across from each other. The tubular posts in their...     

An impact attenuator for installation along highways particularly at exit lanes from limited access roads is disclosed. The impact attenuator features the use of one or a plurality of novel crash cushions formed of polyurethane foam having a structure therein to help maintain the integrity of structure....     

A fence structure wherein the components are fabricated from a plastic resin and where the corner, line or gate posts present positive anchoring with ready installation. The fence structure is versatile in styling and appearance, serving to satisfy both decorative and utilitarian needs.

A guard rail system including a number of W-beam rail elements with a rail end mounted to one of the elements. A number of vertical posts are provided for supporting the rail elements in substantially horizontal position, the four posts closest to the rail end being mounted to break away upon an axial...     

A glarefoil assembly for mounting to a median barrier which divides opposing lanes of a highway system and operates to reduce the glare of headlights from oncoming vehicles. The glarefoil assembly includes a plurality of glare blades which are rigidly attached to a base section in an appropriate light-blocking...     

A highway median barrier construction is disclosed wherein the barrier is formed as integral U-shaped shell sections of polymer concrete which are placed end-to-end at the construction site and are then filled with hydraulic concrete or other ballast through filling holes which are then capped with polymer...     

A road post or reflector formed of two identical disk shaped members each having a bottom wall, two longitudinal side walls and an end wall at at least one end. One side wall and half of the end wall having a projection and the other wall and other half of the endwall having a groove enabling the two...     

Dismountable barriers are provided which are readily assembled and dismantled, and consist of easily handled parts. Front and rear rows of vertical horizontally elongated panels are linked end to end by locking bars which can also serve as fence standards, and cross members, preferably also linked to...     

A yieldable assembly comprising a flange and post connected by elongated support means which allows the post to separate from the flange when struck by a vehicle but which retains connection therebetween. The support means yields under tensile strain and imparts a balanced restraining force to the vehicle...     

An obstacle protection arrangement composed of a series of interconnected deformable segments, each comprising a U-shaped support member and a box structure containing crumpling tubes. Both sides of the arrangement are formed by overlapping flank members such that during a front collision there will...     

An impact energy attenuator has a housing in front of a roadway abutment. A leading nose piece and a number of impact walls can move toward and away from the abutment. Coil springs urge the nose piece, the several impact walls, and the housing apart. A cable attached to the nose piece is wound around...     

A roadway barrier component adapted to be assembled on a supporting surface with corresponding barrier components removably connected to opposed ends thereof for forming an elongated dismountable roadway barrier for flanking a roadway, the barrier being deformable under vehicle impact to gradually redirect...     

A directing barrier for a roadway has a driving surface which rises from the roadway edge outwardly first gently and then more strongly and then spaced below an overhanging guiding mechanism. A steep, convex rise follows the gentle rise and transfers under the guiding mechanism into a flattened area.

The traffic delineator assembly of the present invention is comprised of a elongated resiliently flexible delineator member, an anchor post, and a rigid pilot plate. The pilot plate is attached at the upper end of the anchor post and the lower end of the flexible delineator member is attached to the...     

A self-restoring fender panel for a reusable impact attenuation device is provided. Buffer elements are positioned in an ordered array extending forwardly of a rigid backing member adjacent to a fixed structure. Diaphragm members are interposed in the array and extend laterally outward of the array at...     

A guard rail and reflective strip is comprised of a modified guard rail having additional compound curved surfaces into which a reflective strip is secured. The reflective strip is preferably formed of an elastic material having a reflective surface backed with an adhesive layer. The strip conforms to...     

A barrier structure comprising a number of spaced apart inline vertical I-beam sections embedded in a road and having secured to the posts a number of form plates having a pair of downwardly and outwardly diverging legs and a pair of upwardly diverging extending arms, which plates have ears turned out...     

A fence structure is described consisting of modular panels mounted on posts. The modular panels are of thermoplastic or thermoset material having a rail portion and a connector at each end for fitting over the posts. The connector has an integral expansion joint in its central passage and each connector...     

A guardrail for roadway has a row of a plurality of steel posts secured in a row to the ground outside and along one side edge of a roadway, such as a shoulder of the roadway or a median strip between roadways. In the case where the posts are disposed along the shoulder of a roadway, each post has an...     

A holder for use in landscaping such as for holding bender board or the like, the holder having a U-shaped channel member fixedly, or separably attached to a stake member. The legs or walls of the channel member are generally rigid yet generally resilient and may be equipped with inwardly extending hook-like...     

A fence construction which utilizes a plurality of constituent rail and post members configured to facilitate assembly and erection of a fence. The rail and post members are formed from a plastic material to provide a virtually maintenance free fence structure which is relatively imperishable.

The method of making cast barrier structures consisting of the steps of, securing a plurality of form plates in a longitudinally spaced array over a supporting surface with the major plane of each form plate oriented substantially vertically and transversely to the length of the array, positioning side...     

An inertial barrier system can be constructed with barrier units of various, sequentially increasing barrier weights (i.e., masses). The inertial barrier units are each constructed from similar parts, namely, a frangible hollow container of conical or other generally circular cross section having upper...     

A collapsible fence structure suited for recreational application such as baseball outfield fencing and the like, comprising a flexible, resilient, plastic fence mesh attached to fiber reinforced plastic support posts which are adapted to deflect under the weight of impact of an individual falling against...     

A guardrail end terminal including a plurality of nested fender panels and a redirecting cable for urging the fender panels laterally in response to an axial impact force. The fender panels are supported on vertical legs which are attached to slip bases and are designed to telescope in response to an...     

A movable traffic barrier for dividing adjacent lanes of traffic in a roadway which includes a number of hollow cylindrical barriers laid end to end and projecting above the roadway, and a cable for rotating said cylindrical barriers to position them on the roadway.

An impact attenuating body is disclosed for use on trucks or the like, the impact attenuating body being arranged for engagement by vehicles or the like, the impact attenuating body being further adapted for gradually arresting motion of the vehicle and dissipating its impact energy. The impact attenuating...     

A vehicle crash barrier is designed to provide a progressively increasing resistance to impact. In one embodiment a rail (12) is mounted on upright posts (10) by means of dual connecting elements (13,14) the rear elements (13) being of rectangular box section and relatively stiff while the front elements...     

A stationary impact attenuation system (10) for reducing the severity of vehicular collisions occasioned by an errant vehicle striking an immovable object. The subject stationary impact attenuation system (10) includes support means (14), impact attenuating means (12) and protective means (16). The support...     

An energy absorbing guardrail terminal having a plurality of horizontally extending parallel guardrails on opposite sides of breakaway posts in which the guardrails have overlapping ends and the upstream ends are secured to the posts. Splice bolts connect the overlapping ends of adjacent rails and a...     

A guard rail assembly for a highway. Upright posts are mounted in a line adjacent an edge of the highway. A horizontal guide member is mounted on each post. A bar is mounted for horizontal sliding movement on each guide member. An elongated guard rail member is mounted on the bars. Shock absorber assembly...     

An energy absorbing apparatus is provided to dissipate the energy of an impacting vehicle. An energy absorbing sheet having a plurality of expanded cells is wrapped at least partially around a rounded hazard, or an adaptor attached to a non-rounded hazard. When secured to a rounded hazard, or the adaptor,...     

A reusable energy absorbing apparatus comprising a plurality of air chambers and valve members. The air chambers and valves are constructed so that the valve members close upon the application of an axial force, thereby sealing air within the air chambers. After the energy absorbing apparatus has reached...     

A guardrail terminal for use at the upstream end of a conventional guardrail consisting of a plurality of joined together horizontally extending W-beam guardrails which are layered in a curve away from the traffic side of the guardrail in an upstream direction. An eccentric lever is connected to the...     

An energy absorbing barrier for dissipating kinetic energy upon impact by a moving vehicle. The barrier comprises walls defining a container closed except for a fill opening to admit water. Various configurations of side walls are disclosed. The side walls are resiliently deformable to return to their...     

A motor racing track fence comprising a plurality of fence modules each of which has a concrete barrier the area of the base of which is sufficient for it to be freestanding on the ground, having an upstanding sleeve adjacent one end of each concrete barrier and abutting another concrete barrier, the...     

An inertial barrier system can be constructed with barrier units of various, sequentially increasing barrier weights (i.e., masses). The inertial barrier units are each constructed from similar parts, namely, a frangible hollow container of conical or other generally circular cross section having upper...     

A clamp for supporting a plurality of horizontally spaced highway guard cables against a wooden post, such clamp comprising a plate member presenting a flat portion and a plurality of spaced apart recesses adapted to freely slidingly retain said plurality of highway guard cables against said post respectfully,...     

A vehicle mounted crash attenuator includes an array of parallel diaphragms. A set of cell assemblies is interposed between adjacent diaphragms, and each cell assembly is formed of two L-shaped sheet metal components which are riveted together to form a rectangular column extending between the adjacent...     

A safety covering for guide or guard rails has a plastic element of bright material. Besides a contour corresponding to the guide rail front side to be covered, tabs for engaging the guide rail edges from behind are provided at the longitudinal edges. A special reflecting insert can augment the optical...     

A guard rail assembly for a highway. A sliding frame is mounted on each of a series of posts. The sliding frame slides transversely of the guard rail assembly. Elongated guard rail units span adjacent posts. Each guard rail unit includes an elongated support plate, hanger means on the sliding frames...     

An anti-glare screen adapted to be mounted to concrete median barriers so as to block light from the headlights of oncoming vehicles on the opposite side of the glare screen. The anti-glare screen comprises a plurality of corrugated sections overlapped to form a continuous barrier yet flexible enough...     

A highway traffic barrier of the New Jersey style is made from semi-rigid plastic material so that it has some elasticity and will act as a shock absorber, while weighing considerably less than the present day New Jersey style barrier made from concrete. The barrier is hollow and contains interior baffles...     

A highway barrier includes a collapsible guardrail assembly and a rotatable beam which is mounted between the rearward end of the guardrail assembly and a roadside hazard. The collapsible guardrail assembly includes a plurality of overlapping panels, adjacent ones of which are secured together by fasteners...     

A noise-absorbing greenery-carrying structure (12) makes use of worn tires (7), which are divided by cuts extending from the central opening to the tire into tiresectors (9) mutually connecting, the concave sides of which face towards a carrying frame (2), on which the tiresectors (9) are fixed in horizontal...     

This invention, being an improvement on the kind of fixed road railing adopted widely now, provides a new system of replaceable road railing comprising mainly of an underground sleeve, into which a pillar is inserted, a pillar with blades at its bottom, and a device inside the pillar which, by means...     

An advanced dynamic impact extension module, used to protect occupants of vehicles from the adverse effects of instantaneous deacceleration of a vehicle when the vehicle impacts an end of a concrete barrier wall is disclosed. According to the invention, a composite barrier is provided which has an upper,...     

An improvement to an energy absorbing guard rail terminal for use on longitudinally extending roadways. The energy absorbing guard rail terminal having a number of overlapping horizontally extending parallel guard rails positioned on oppositely disposed sides of a plurality of longitudinally spaced break...     

Several embodiments (10, 30, 80) of an energy absorption system are designed for permitting progressive collapse of the system by absorbing energy within the system. In one embodiment, a system (10) comprises conical bodies (12) separated by cables (20), which system progressively collapses through plastic...     

An assembly-type barricade comprising a base stand and an upstanding wall both of which are nearly rectangular parallelpipedal. Protruding means is provided in one of the base stand and the upright wall, and receiving means is provided in the other. By positioning the protruding means in the receiving...     

A moveable roadway barrier system comprising a number of interconnected barrier sections of substantial length which can be moved to change the direction of traffic flow or for other reasons by a self-propelled or towable vehicle without disconnecting adjacent barrier sections. Barrier sections which...     

An advanced dynamic impact extension module, used to protect occupants of vehicles from the adverse effects of extremely rapid deacceleration of a vehicle when the vehicle impacts an end of a concrete barrier wall is disclosed. According to the invention, a barrier wall is provided which has a structural...     

A sheltered and repositionably mounted enclosure having a housing secured to and supported by a mounting post. The mounting post is positioned within a mounting sleeve. An outer ring-shaped gasket is attached to an inner wall of the mounting sleeve. An inner ring-shaped gasket is attached to a mounting...     

A light-weight wheel chock is formed having a thin exterior shell of rigid, chemically-inert plastic material, such as high-density polyethylene, and an interior cavity filled with light-weight rigid or semi-rigid foam, such as high-density polyurethane foam.