System, method and apparatus for securing a traffic delineator
AssigneeValmont Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert Paulin, Eric Haddad
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Abstract
A delineator mounting system that includes an octagonal mounting apparatus for mating a traffic delineator to an in-ground mount. According to a first preferred embodiment, an exemplary delineator mounting system of the present invention includes an extended central housing having a lower end with an octagonal outer surface, an octagonal inner surface and a flared lower connecting surface. According to a further preferred embodiment, the extended central housing further includes an upper end having a cylindrical main body which includes an upper end exterior surface, an upper end interior surface, and a flared upper connecting surface.
Claims7
A delineator mounting system, wherein the system comprises:
- a mounting section, wherein the mounting section comprises a cylindrical main body;
- wherein the cylindrical main body is comprised of a hollow cylinder comprised of a mounting section exterior surface and a mounting section interior surface;
- wherein the mounting section comprises an outer cylindrical wall having a first outer circumference and a second inner circumference;
- wherein the mounting section comprises a mounting section upper end and a mounting section lower end;
- a central flange section, wherein the central flange section is comprised of a central flange ring;
- wherein the central flange ring has a ring inner circumference and a ring outer circumference;
- wherein the ring outer circumference is greater than the first outer circumference of the mounting section;
- wherein the central flange section is attached to the mounting section lower end;
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- an insertion section, wherein the insertion section comprises an insertion section upper end and an insertion section lower end;
- wherein the insertion section upper end is attached to the central flange section;
- wherein the insertion section lower end comprises an octagonal outer surface and an octagonal inner surface;
- wherein the insertion section upper end comprises a cylindrically flared outer wall;
- wherein the cylindrically flared outer wall extends out to a flared wall maximum circumference;
- wherein the ring outer circumference is greater than the flared wall maximum circumference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.