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US 11,459,713 B2Granted
Roadside delineator device
OwnerMark Evans, Lorri Evansinventors
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Abstract
A roadside delineator device that includes a breakaway shear pin feature that allows the upper portion of the device to break away from the lower portion of the device during a vehicular accident. The upper and lower halves can be reconnected by replacing the broken shear pins.
Claims3
A breakaway roadside delineator device comprising:
- an upper body fixedly attached to an upper post;
- a lower body fixedly attached to a lower post, wherein the lower post is sunk into ground to hold the delineator device in place;
- a pair of shear pins, wherein the shear pins include a plurality of V-shaped grooves that act as shear points when the upper post is struck by a vehicle;
- the lower body further comprising four buttress-like longitudinal corners, each corner comprising a longitudinal aperture, the apertures being longitudinally aligned, wherein the four buttress-like corners form a longitudinal U-shaped channel and a crosswise U-shaped channel;
- the upper body further comprising a hollow longitudinal body attached to the upper post, the upper hollow body shaped to fit into the lower body longitudinal U-shaped channel, the upper body further comprising side portions shaped to fit into the lower body crosswise U-shaped channel, the side portions further comprising longitudinal apertures aligned with the lower body longitudinal apertures;
- the upper body removably attached to the lower body by the pair of shear pins inserted and spanning the longitudinally aligned lower and upper body apertures;
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- whereby when a vehicle hits the upper post, the pair of shear pins breaks causing the upper body and the upper post to separate from the lower body and lower post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.