Vehicle safety catch fence
AssigneeSpeedway Motorsports, Inc.
InventorsJames Wesley Harris, Stephen Dail Swift
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a vehicle safety catch fence system, the system comprising: two or more posts; two or more longitudinal cables operatively coupled between the two or more posts; a transverse cable, wherein the transverse cable is operatively coupled to the two or more longitudinal cables; and two or more cable clamps, wherein the two or more cable clamps operatively couple the transverse cable to the two or more longitudinal cables.
Claims18
A racetrack fencing system, comprising:
- a wall;
- two or more posts, wherein the two or more posts comprise a first side that faces a racetrack surface and a second side that faces away from the racetrack surface, and wherein the two or more posts extend behind the wall on the first side of the two or more posts that faces the racetrack surface;
- a wire mesh screen operatively coupled to the second side of the two or more posts;
- two or more longitudinal cables operatively coupled between the two or more posts, along the first side of the two or more posts;
- a transverse cable operatively coupled to each of the two or more longitudinal cables and to the wall;
- and
- two or more cable clamps comprising a first plate and a second plate operatively coupled to the first plate, wherein the transverse cable is coupled to the two or more longitudinal cables by the two or more cable clamps to reduce separation of the two or more longitudinal cables upon impact from one or more vehicles.
A method for installing a racetrack vehicle safety catch fence, the racetrack vehicle safety catch fence comprising a wall;
- two or more posts, wherein the two or more posts comprise a first side that faces a racetrack surface and a second side that faces away from the racetrack surface, and wherein the two or more posts extend behind the wall on the first side of the two or more posts that faces the racetrack surface;
- a wire mesh screen operatively coupled to the second side of the two or more posts;
- and two or more longitudinal cables operatively coupled between the two or more posts, along the first side of the two or more posts;
- and wherein the method comprises:
- securing a transverse cable through operative coupling to each of the two or more longitudinal cables and to the wall;
- wherein the transverse cable is operatively coupled to each of the two or more longitudinal cables by two or more cable clamps to reduce separation of the two or more longitudinal cables upon impact from one or more vehicles, wherein each of the two or more cable clamps comprises:
- a first plate;
- and
- a second plate operatively coupled to the first plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.