Road barrier
AssigneeArbed S.A.
InventorErnest Glaesener
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Abstract
A road barrier for traffic lanes, raceways and the like comprises a sheet-metal shell which is internally galvanized and is filled with a synthetic-resin foam and which extends continuously along the lane in contact with the ground while being of a height equal at least to a substantial fraction of the average wheel height for four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles using the traffic lane. The structure is anchored to the ground by posts fitting into openings in the rail and in the ground and likewise formed of sheet metal.
Claims10
A safety barrier for a vehicle traffic lane comprising a rail adjacent said lane and extending longitudinally therealong, said rail being formed with a sheet metal shell defining at least three sides of the rail including a top and a pair of lateral sides, said shell having a downwardly narrowing cross section so that an upper portion of said shell is wider than the bottom of said shell, the wider upper portion of said shell being spaced above said bottom of said shell by a distance generally greater than the maximum diameter of a wheel of a vehicle authorized to travel along said lane and the diameter of the wheels of normal traffic along said lane, said bottom of said shell lying against the ground along a lower edge of the rail, a plurality of completely concealed posts spaced apart along said rail, each of said posts having an upper portion completely received in said shell and extending upwardly into said shell from said bottom thereof, and a lower portion recessed in the ground, said rail further comprising a mass of synthetic resin foam filling said shell and completely surrounding said upper portions of said posts while defining spaces receiving said upper portions of said posts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.