Offset block and supporting post for roadway guardrail
AssigneeJohn Marinelli
InventorJohn Marinelli
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Abstract
A roadway guardrail system including a longitudinally extending guardrail supported by an array of spaced apart vertically mounted supporting posts and associated offset block whereas the supporting posts and/or the offset blocks are I beam shaped members.
Claims15
An offset block for mounting a guardrail to a supporting post comprising:
- a generally I beam shaped member having opposed longitudinally extending parallel flange sections and an interconnecting coextensive center web of smaller width dimension that the width dimensions of the flange sections, said member being formed of a composite of 65% recycled plastic, 20% crumb rubber, and 15% reinforcing fibers.
A supporting post for mounting a guardrail comprising:
- a generally I beam shaped member having opposed longitudinally extended parallel flange sections and an interconnecting coextensive center web of smaller width dimension than the width dimension of the flange section, said member being formed of a composite of 65% recycled plastic, 20% crumb rubber, and 15% reinforcing fibers.
A roadway guardrail system including a longitudinally extending guardrail, spaced apart vertically extending supporting posts, and respective offset blocks for mounting the guardrail to respective ones of the supporting posts, the improvement comprising the offset blocks being generally I beam shaped with opposed longitudinally extending parallel flange sections of substantially the same width dimension, and an interconnecting coextensive center web section of smaller width dimension than the width dimension of the flange sections, wherein said offset block is formed of 65% recycled plastic, 20% crumb rubber from scrapped tires;
- and 15% waste glass fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.