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US 6,485,224 B1Granted
Traffic barrier apparatus with gate
AssigneeBarrier Systems, Inc.
InventorsGerrit Andrew Dyke, Jack Sumner Mazer
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Abstract
A traffic barrier is pivotally attached to a gate by a hinge. A cover is releasably connected to the barrier and the gate and covers the hinge. When the cover is releasably connected to the barrier and the gate it will cooperate with the barrier and gate to resist relative movement between the barrier and gate at the hinge location.
Claims17
Traffic barrier apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a barrier having a barrier end;
- a gate having a gate end;
- a hinge pivotally interconnecting said barrier end and said gate end;
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- a substantially rigid cover releasably, substantially rigidly interconnecting said barrier end and said gate end, said cover covering said hinge and cooperable with said barrier and said gate to lock said barrier and said gate against relative pivotal movement about said hinge when said traffic barrier apparatus is impacted by a vehicle.
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Traffic barrier apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a first barrier having a first barrier end;
- a second barrier having a second barrier end, said first and second barriers positioned on a surface with said first barrier end located a distance from said second barrier end to define a space between said first barrier and said second barrier;
- a gate having first and second gate ends disposed between said first barrier and said second barrier within said space;
- a first hinge located between and pivotally interconnecting said first gate end with said first barrier end;
- a second hinge located between and pivotally interconnecting said second gate end with said second barrier end;
- a first substantially rigid cover releasably, substantially rigidly interconnecting said first barrier end and said first gate end, said first cover covering said first hinge and cooperable with said first barrier and said gate to lock said first barrier and said gate against relative pivotal movement about said first hinge when said traffic barrier apparatus is impacted by a vehicle;
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- a second substantially rigid cover releasably, substantially rigidly interconnecting said second barrier end and said second gate end, said second cover covering said second hinge and cooperable with said second barrier and said gate to lock said second barrier and said gate against relative pivotal movement about said second hinge when said traffic barrier apparatus is impacted by a vehicle.
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Traffic barrier apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a barrier having a barrier end;
- a gate having a gate end;
- a hinge pivotally interconnecting said barrier end and said gate end;
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- a cover releasably connected to said barrier and said gate covering said hinge and cooperable with said barrier and said gate to resist relative pivotal movement between said barrier end and said gate end, said hinge including a first hinge member affixed to said barrier end and a second hinge member affixed to said gate end and a pivot pin interconnecting said first hinge member and said second hinge member, said cover including a first cover segment and a second cover segment, said first and second cover segments being disposed on opposite sides of said hinge and releasably connected by cover connector means to said first hinge member and said second hinge member, said first and second cover segments each including a cover segment top and cover segment bottom, said cover connector means including cover segment mounting members located at said cover segment bottoms, said first hinge member and said second hinge member defining recesses accommodating said cover segment mounting members to releasably connect the cover segment bottoms to said first hinge member and said second hinge member, and said cover segment mounting members comprising bars extending lengthwise along said cover segment bottoms, with said recesses being in substantial alignment and receiving said bars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.