This invention relates to a removable barricade system, and more specifically to a covering and net that may be used in connection with a bollard preventing a person or vehicle from passing around the bollard.
The present disclosure relates to a removable barricade system. In one aspect, the removable barricade system has a first sleeve to be affixed to a first bollard, a second sleeve to be affixed to a second bollard, and a barricade attached to the first and second sleeves, the barricade blocks the area between the first and second bollards.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals represent identical or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and more particularly to
A barricade is indicated generally by reference numeral 200 and may have horizontal members 10 and vertical members 40. Barricade 200 may include one or more sleeves 300A, 300B, and 300C.
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In one aspect, sleeves 300 may be coupled to one or more horizontal members 10 and vertical members 40, using, for example, stitching and/or glue. In another aspect, sleeves 300 may include loops (not shown) through which horizontal members 10 and/or vertical members 40 may be threaded and movably arranged. It may be useful to arrange horizontal members 10 and/or vertical members 40, especially when bollards 100 are not spaced uniformly apart.
Vertical members 40 may be coupled to horizontal members 10 at some spacing interval, or vertical members 40 may include loops (not shown) through which horizontal members 10 are threaded, and vertical members 40 may be movably arranged along horizontal members 10. Similarly, in another aspect, one or more horizontal members 10 may include loops (not shown) and may be movably arranged along vertical members 40.
In another aspect, tensioning latch 60 and tensioning belt 80 may act as an energy absorber or energy dissipater, providing tension on horizontal member 10 until a threshold force is applied to horizontal member 10, for example, during impact by a person or vehicle. Upon application of such threshold force, tensioning latch 60 may release at least a portion of tensioning belt 80 thereby absorbing and/or dissipating energy.
In another aspect, tensioning latch 60 may be used to more firmly secure the sleeves 300 to bollards 100.
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In another aspect of the system of the present disclosure, sleeve top covers 50 may be color coded for ease in orienting barricade 200 before placement over bollards 100.
In another aspect, two or more barricades 200 may be connected at tensioning latches 60.
Bollard 100 may be a pre-existing fixed bollard or a retractable or removable bollard and is usually anchored in a ground surface.
In another aspect, barricade 200 may be constructed of a durable mesh, such as a nylon cargo strapping net. In yet another aspect, barricade 200 may be formed of a solid structure, for example, concrete, wood, metal, or composite materials.
In another aspect barricade 200 may extend from the top of a series of bollards to the base of a series of bollards. Thus, the entire area between a pair of bollards 100 may be blocked by barricade 200.
Although illustrative embodiments have been described herein in detail, it should be noted and will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that numerous variations may be made within the scope of this invention without departing from the principle of this invention and without sacrificing its chief advantages.
Unless otherwise specifically stated, the terms and expressions have been used herein as terms of description and not terms of limitation. There is no intention to use the terms or expressions to exclude any equivalents of features shown and described or portions thereof and this invention should be defined in accordance with the claims that follow.
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20080073633 A1 | Mar 2008 | US |