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US 12,435,479 B2Granted
Barrier system
AssigneeNUtech Ventures
InventorsScott Kenneth Rosenbaugh, Jennifer Dawn Rasmussen, Ronald Keith Faller, Robert W. Bielenberg, James C. Holloway, Karla Ann Lechtenberg, John D. Reid
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Abstract
A barrier system includes first and second barrier segments connected to one another. The connection between the segments includes a pair of wedge-shaped connectors disposed between angled faces formed at the opposing ends of the segments. Elastic pads are sandwiched between the respective segment faces and connectors.
Claims20
A barrier system, comprising:
- a first barrier segment having a first angled face and comprising an essentially solid interior, the first barrier segment having a generally elongate shape that extends along a longitudinal axis, the first angled face including:
- a first flat face extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, and
- two first angled side faces disposed on opposing sides of the first flat face;
- a second barrier segment having a second angled face and comprising a second essentially solid interior, the second barrier segment having a generally elongate shape that extends along the longitudinal axis, the second angled face including:
- a second flat face extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and parallel to the first flat face, and
- two second angled side faces disposed in opposed relation to the two first angled side faces;
- a pair of wedge-shaped connectors disposed, one each, in contact with opposing pairs of first and second angled side faces;
- a pair of elastic pads disposed, one each, in contact between each of the pair of wedge-shaped connectors and a corresponding opposing pair of first and second angled side faces, the pair of elastic pads each conforming in shape to the wedge-shaped connectors and spacing the first and second flat faces from one another;
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- at least one fastener disposed between each of the pair of wedge-shaped connectors and each of the first and second angled side faces, each of the at least one fasteners passing through only one angled side face of only one angled face of one of the first or second barrier segments and a portion of the corresponding essentially solid interior and, after passing through the portion of the corresponding essentially solid interior, being secured at an opening in the corresponding essentially solid interior.
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