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US 5,988,934 AGranted
Highway barrier
AssigneeTraffic Safety Devices Incorporated
InventorDavid E. Wasserstrom
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Abstract
A road barrier, which may be the portable type having a hollow body. The road barrier is adapted to be connected to one or more other barriers having the same or similar construction to form a continuous barrier wall of a desired length.
Claims19
A road barrier comprising:
- a container having a base portion, a top portion, first and second side walls and first and second end walls;
- a protrusion attached to said first end wall and extending vertically between said base and top portions;
- a locking pin attached to said protrusion and extending downwardly therefrom;
- a receptacle arranged within said second end wall and extending vertically between said base and top portions;
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- a vertically oriented socket arranged within said base portion and being aligned within said receptacle, said base portion includes a platform section in which said locking socket is arranged, said platform section extending into said receptacle of said second end wall, said platform section having a ramp portion with an angled surface substantially adjacent said locking socket so as to facilitate slidable end-to-end connection to another road barrier of the same or similar construction whereby said protrusion of said first end wall is arranged within a receptacle of a second end wall of the other road barrier while said locking pin attached to said protrusion is arranged within a vertically oriented socket of such other road barrier thereby securing the road barrier in assembled position.
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A road barrier comprising:
- a container having a base portion, a top portion, first and second side walls and first and second end walls;
- a protrusion integrally attached to said first end wall and extending vertically between said base portion and top portions;
- a locking pin integrally attached to said protrusion and extending downwardly therefrom;
- a receptacle formed within said second end wall and extending vertically between said base and top portions;
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- a vertically oriented socket formed within said base portion and being aligned within said receptacle, said base portion including a platform section having a ramp portion with an angled surface substantially adjacent said locking socket so as to facilitate slidable end-to-end connection to another road barriers of the same or similar construction whereby said vertically extending protrusion of said first end wall may be arranged within a vertically extending receptacle of a second end wall of the other road barrier while said locking pin is arranged within a socket of such other road barrier thereby securing the road barrier in assembled position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.