One-Piece Base Assembly
AssigneeTraffic Management Products, Ltd.
InventorsDarryl Meek, Daniel Robinson
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Abstract
A one-piece resiliently deformable base assembly for an item of street furniture or a barrier, the base assembly comprising an elongate street furniture receiving portion and a base mounting portion, wherein the base assembly is formed from a polyurethane polymer, and the base mounting portion comprises a flange including one or more fixing elements.
Claims13
A self-righting and self-fronting base assembly for supporting an item of street furniture or a barrier, the base assembly comprising a base mounting portion and an elongate street furniture receiving portion projecting from the base mounting portion, wherein the base assembly is formed as a monolithic component from a polyurethane polymer, and the base mounting portion comprises one or more fixing elements.
A method of producing a self-righting and self-fronting base assembly for supporting an item of street furniture or a barrier, the base assembly comprising a base mounting portion and an elongate street furniture receiving portion projecting from the base mounting portion, wherein the base assembly is formed as a monolithic component from a polyurethane polymer, and the base mounting portion comprises one or more fixing elements;
- wherein the method includes providing a mould for the base assembly, locating within the mould a polyurethane pre-cursor material, and allowing or causing the polyurethane pre-cursor material to cure or partially cure in-situ to form the base assembly.
A combination of an item of street furniture or a barrier and self-righting and self-fronting base assembly for supporting said item of street furniture or said barrier, the base assembly comprising a base mounting portion and an elongate street furniture receiving portion projecting from the base mounting portion, wherein the base assembly is formed as a monolithic component from a polyurethane polymer, and the base mounting portion comprises one or more fixing elements;
- wherein the item of street furniture or barrier is secured to the street furniture receiving portion of the base assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.