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US 6,616,368 B2Granted
Traffic barricade
AssigneeCustom Plastech, Ltd.
InventorsTerry M. Birchler, Kia-Sheng Cheng
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Abstract
A traffic barricade includes a base which supports an upright member. The base includes two removably interlocking sections, each having an enlarged portion. The enlarged portions defines a socket for closely receiving a tab extending from the upright member. A deformably resilient material surrounds the socket, permitting the upright member to deflect slightly and return to a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the base. The upright member incorporates integral structural supports which permit the barricade upright member to maintain an upright member orientation without additional external support mechanisms.
Claims20
A barricade comprising:
- a base including:
- a first elongate support member which defines a first socket and at least one ridge adjacent said first socket, and
- a second elongate support member which defines a second socket and at least one ridge adjacent said second socket;
- an upright member supported in a substantially upright position by the base, the upright member including:
- a first leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the first socket, and
- a second leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the second socket, the ridge allowing the upright member to deflect upon impact by a vehicle;
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- signaling means, attached to the upright member for providing an instruction or warning to vehicular traffic.
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A barricade comprising:
- a base including:
- a first elongate support member which defines a first socket and at least one ridge adjacent said first socket, and
- a second elongate support member which defines a second socket and at least one ridge adjacent said second socket, the first and second sockets each including:
- a seat, defined by a lower surface of the elongate member, which engages a distal surface of the leg member first end, and
- an opening in an upper surface of the elongate member which receives the leg member first end therethrough, the upper surface being spaced from the lower surface;
- an upright member supported in a substantially upright position by the base, the upright member including:
- a first leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the first socket, and
- a second leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the second socket, the ridge allowing the upright member to deflect upon impact by a vehicle;
- and
- signaling means, attached to the upright member for providing an instruction or warning to vehicular traffic.
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A barricade comprising:
- a base including:
- a first elongate support member which defines a first socket, and
- a second elongate support member which defines a second socket, a plurality of spaced ridges formed in an enlarged section of each of the first and second elongate support members;
- an upright member supported in a substantially upright position by the base, the upright member including:
- a first leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the first socket, and
- a second leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the second socket, the ridges forming a resiliently flexible portion of the respective elongate member which allows the upright member to deflect upon impact by a vehicle, and return to a generally upright position when the impact is removed;
- and
- signaling means, attached to the upright member for providing an instruction or warning to vehicular traffic.
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A barricade comprising:
- a base including:
- first and second interlocking sections, which lock together to define the base, a first interlocking section defining a first elongate support member and a second elongate support member being defined by the second interlocking section, the first elongate support member which defines a first socket and at least one ridge adjacent said first socket, and
- a second elongate support member which defines a second socket and at least one ridge adjacent said second socket;
- an upright member supported in a substantially upright position by the base, the upright member including:
- a first leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the first socket, and
- a second leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the second socket, the ridge allowing the upright member to deflect upon impact by a vehicle;
- and
- signaling means, attached to the upright member for providing an instruction or warning to vehicular traffic the locking means include:
- a projection on the distal end of one of the leg members of one of the base interlocking sections;
- and
- a cooperatively shaped indent on the distal end of one of the leg members on the other of the base interlocking sections which receives the projection.
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A barricade comprising:
- a base including:
- a first elongate support member which defines a first socket and at least one ridge adjacent said first socket, and
- a second elongate support member which defines a second socket and at least one ridge adjacent said second socket;
- an upright member supported in a substantially upright position by the base, the upright member including:
- a first leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the first socket, and
- a second leg member which is supported adjacent a first end by the second socket, the ridge allowing the upright member to deflect upon impact by a vehicle, the leg members and central portion defining ribs which extend longitudinally along the leg members and central portion to provide structural support for the upright member;
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- signaling means, attached to the upright member, for providing an instruction or warning to vehicular traffic.
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A barricade comprising:
- a base which supports an upright member in a generally vertical orientation, the upright member having first and second distal ends, the base including two removably interlocking sections, each interlocking section including:
- a socket for closely receiving one of the distal ends of the upright member;
- and
- a resilient, deformable area in the interlocking section adjacent the socket, the deformable area deforming when the barricade is subjected to an impact, permitting the upright member to deflect somewhat and then return to a generally vertical orientation when the impact is removed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.