Anti-glare shield system for highway median barriers

An anti-glare shield system adapted for use on a highway median barrier having a top surface, comprising a series of horizontally spaced and substantially vertical blades of semi-rigid material, each of said blades having a height substantially greater than its width and including an upper end portion and a lower end portion, a corresponding base member for each of said blades and having means defining a slot for receiving said lower end portion of said blade, means for releasably securing each of said blades to the corresponding said base member, a series of elongated base rail sections adapted to seat on the top surface of the barrier, said base rail sections each having a length corresponding to the horizontal spacing between said blades and having opposing end portions forming longitudinally spaced joints for said base rail sections along the top surface, said base members being mounted on said base rail sections overlying said joints, a series of threaded bolts extending downwardly through said base members for quickly and positively securing said base members and the underlying said end portions of said base rail sections to the top surface of the barrier, each of said blades having a generally uniform thickness with vertical opposite edge portions integrally connected by a generally flat center portion defining a plane, and said edge portions project at an acute angle from said plane and in opposite directions to provide said blade with rigidity for withstanding wind pressure and to provide for self-erecting of said blade after receiving an impact.

An anti-glare shield system adapted for use on a highway median barrier having a top surface, comprising a series of horizontally spaced and substantially vertical blades of semi-rigid material, each of said blades having a height substantially greater than its width and including an upper end portion and a lower end portion, a corresponding base member for each of said blades and having means defining a slot for receiving said lower end portion of said blade, means for releasably securing each of said blades to the corresponding said base member, a series of elongated base rail sections adapted to seat on the top surface of the barrier, said base rail sections each having a length corresponding to the horizontal spacing between said blades and having opposing end portions forming longitudinally spaced joints for said base rail sections along the top surface, said base members being mounted on said base rail sections overlying said joints, a series of threaded bolts extending downwardly through said base members for quickly and positively securing said base members and the underlying said end portions of said base rail sections to the top surface of the barrier, each of said base members and the corresponding said blade being rotatable on the corresponding said bolt and relative to the adjacent said end portions of said rail sections, and said end portions of said base rail sections have means for selectively positioning each of said base members and the corresponding said blade at different angular positions relative to said base rail sections.