Column protector and column protection system
AssigneeSentry Protection LLC
InventorsJames P. Ryan, Jeffrey P. Wagner
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Abstract
An apparatus for protection of an elongated structural support from impact, the apparatus includes an elongated impact protection component in the form of a unitary part having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a plurality of orthogonally-oriented projections spaced along a length of the elongated impact protection component. The projections of the elongated impact protection component include integrally formed connectors for interlocking connection to other same type impact protection components.
Claims19
A component for protection of an elongated structural support from impact, the component comprising:
- a body having a length extending between opposing end portions, wherein the body comprises a first side portion, a second side portion, an inner portion that receives a portion of the column, and an outer portion;
- a first plurality of projections extending away from and along a length of the first side portion of the body;
- and a second plurality of projections extending away from and along a length of the second side portion of the body;
- wherein the first plurality of projections extending from the first side portion of each component are orthogonally-oriented to the second plurality of projections extending from the second side portion of the component;
- and wherein the first plurality of projections of the first side portion of the component adjustably engage the second plurality of projections of the second side portion of other same type components along a length of the first and second plurality of projections.
A column protection system, comprising:
- a plurality of protection components that fit adjacent to each other in installed positions on a column, wherein each of the protection components comprises:
- a body having a length extending between opposing end portions, wherein the body comprises a first side portion, a second side portion, an inner portion that receives a portion of the column, and an outer portion;
- a first plurality of projections extending from the first side portion along the length of the body;
- and a second plurality of projections extending from the second side portion along the length of the body, wherein the first plurality of projections extending from the first side portion of each protection component are orthogonally-oriented to the second plurality of projections extending from the second side portion of the protection component, wherein the projections of the first side portion of each protection component engage the projections of the second side portion of each adjacent protection component, and wherein the first plurality of projections of the first side portion of the component adjustably engage the second plurality of projections of the second side portion of other same type of protection components along a length of the first and second plurality of projections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.