Side panel
AssigneeSCI Products Inc.
InventorsJeffery D. Smith, Randy L Warner, Kelly R. Strong
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Abstract
A corrugated side panel for use with crash attenuators and guard rails is provided with a plurality of angular corrugations including a plurality of flat ridges and flat grooves connected together by flat slanted middle sections. A portion of the trailing edge of each ridge is bent in toward the succeeding ridge so that a vehicle reverse impacting the crash attenuator does not get snagged by the trailing edge of the panel, but is at least partially redirected toward the roadway. Support gussets are selectively provided to reinforce the side panel.
Claims34
A side panel for use in a crash attenuator or a guardrail, the panel having a predetermined width, a predetermined length, and a plurality of angular corrugations comprised of a first plurality of flat ridges, a second plurality of flat grooves, and a third plurality flat slanted middle sections extending between the ridges and grooves, a portion of each ridge's trailing edge being bent in toward a succeeding ridge of a succeeding side panel to preclude a vehicle reverse impacting the crash attenuator or guardrail from getting snagged by the panel's trailing edge.
A side panel for use in a crash attenuator or a guardrail, the panel having a predetermined width, a predetermined length, and a plurality of angular corrugations comprised of a first plurality of flat ridges, a second plurality of flat grooves, and a third plurality flat slanted middle sections extending between the ridges and grooves, each of the side panels further comprising
- a plurality of first gussets mounted on a structural member supporting the side panel so as to be positioned under a top flat ridge and a bottom flat ridge of the plurality of flat ridges, and
- a plurality of second gussets mounted on the structural member, each of the second gussets being attached to a corresponding first gusset to reinforce the first gusset.
A panel comprising a plurality of angular corrugations comprised of a first plurality of flat ridges, a second plurality of flat grooves, and a third plurality flat slanted middle sections extending between the ridges and grooves, a portion of each ridge's trailing edge being bent in toward a succeeding ridge to preclude reverse impact snagging by a trailing edge of the panel.
A plurality of side panels for use in a crash attenuator, each side panel comprising a plurality of angular corrugations comprised of a first plurality of flat ridges, a second plurality of flat grooves, and a third plurality flat slanted middle sections extending between the ridges and grooves, a portion of each ridge's trailing edge being bent in toward a succeeding ridge to preclude reverse impact snagging by a trailing edge of the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.