Portable barrier

A portable barrier comprising

• an elongate hollow container defining a chamber configured to receive and hold fluent material to increase the weight of the barrier for stability, said chamber being bounded by a pair of opposed substantially upright spaced-apart sidewalls,
• a stabilizing toe at the lower portion of one of said sidewalls projecting outwardly therefrom having an upper surface disposed at an angle in a range of from about 10 to 45 degrees relative to the horizontal,
• a connector at one end thereof for connecting a second barrier to said one end, said connector occupying an upright plane extending longitudinally of the barrier, and
• an endwall portion extending away from said connector to one side of said plane at an angle relative to said plane to provide clearance to permit said barriers to be positioned at an angle relative to each other when connected.

A portable barrier comprising

• an elongate hollow container defining a chamber configured to receive and hold fluent material to increase the weight of the barrier for stability, said chamber being bounded by a pair of opposed substantially upright spaced-apart sidewalls,
• a stabilizing toe at the lower portion of one of said sidewalls projecting outwardly therefrom having an upper surface disposed at an angle in a range of from about 10 to 45 degrees relative to the horizontal,
• a bore extending through the barrier having a fluid-tight wall segregating the bore from the chamber, and
• a filter connected to said bore operable to provide a selected degree of filtration of fluid which passes through the bore.

A portable barrier comprising

• an elongate hollow container defining a chamber configured to receive and hold fluent material to increase the weight of the barrier for stability, said chamber being bounded by a pair of opposed substantially upright spaced-apart sidewalls,
• a stabilizing toe at the lower portion of one of said sidewalls projecting outwardly therefrom having an upper surface disposed at an angle in a range of from about 10 to 45 degrees relative to the horizontal,
• a bore extending through the barrier having a fluid-tight wall segregating the bore from the chamber, and
• a liquid impervious plug sealingly inserted in said bore to inhibit liquid flow therethrough.

A portable barrier comprising

• an elongate hollow container defining a chamber configured to receive and hold fluent material to increase the weight of the barrier for stability, said chamber being bounded by a pair of opposed substantially upright spaced-apart sidewalls,
• a stabilizing toe at the lower portion of one of said sidewalls projecting outwardly therefrom having an upper surface disposed at an angle in a range of from about 10 to 45 degrees relative to the horizontal,
• a connector for connecting an end portion of said barrier to an end portion of an adjacent barrier and a cover which extends between said end portions of said barriers to cover at least a portion of said connector to control fluid flow past said connector,
• an attaching device is mounted on said end portion of said barrier for attaching an edge portion of said cover to said barrier, and
• said cover comprises a sheet of flexible material and said attaching device comprises an elongate channel member secured to said end portion operable to receive and retain said edge portion of said cover.

A portable barrier system comprising

• a first elongate hollow container defining a chamber configured to receive and hold fluent material to increase the weight thereof for stability and having a connector at one end thereof,
• a second elongate hollow container defining a chamber configured to receive and hold fluent material to increase the weight thereof and having a connector at one end thereof for connecting to the connector on said first container to attach said containers,
• a flexible cover which extends between said containers to cover at least a portion of said connectors to control fluid flow past said connectors,
• a first attaching device mounted on said first container adjacent its associated connector,
• a second attaching device mounted on said second container adjacent its associated connector, and
• wherein said flexible cover has opposed edge margins retained by said attaching devices to position said flexible cover over said joined connectors.

A portable barrier comprising

• an elongate container defining a fluid-tight chamber configured to receive fluent material to increase the weight of the barrier for stability, said chamber being bounded by a pair of opposed substantially upright spaced-apart sidewalls,
• a stabilizing toe at the lower portion of one of said sidewalls projecting outwardly therefrom having an upper surface which inclines downwardly on progressing outwardly from said sidewall portion disposed at an angle in a range of 10 to 45 degrees relative to the horizontal and a substantially horizontally disposed bottom surface positioned to rest against the ground,
• a connector at one end thereof for connecting to a second adjacent barrier, said connector occupying an upright plane extending longitudinally of the barrier,
• an endwall portion extending away from the connector to one side of the plane at an angle of less than 60 degrees relative to the plane to provide clearance to permit said barrier to be positioned at an angle relative to an adjacent barrier to which it may be connected, and
• a flexible cover attached along an edge portion thereof to said barrier adjacent said connector and operable to be extended across a connection between said barrier and an adjacent barrier to control fluid flow past said connector.