Road safety barrier

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9469949
APP PUB NO 20160083917A1
SERIAL NO

14960478

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A wire rope road safety barrier including at least one wire rope, a plurality of posts configured to be supported in the ground along a roadside or central reservation, the posts including a cut-out provided in respective ones of the posts, and a retainer. The retainer includes an arm for embracing at least half of a circumference of the post whereby the retainer can be held on the post at a position along its length, the arm defining a plane, and a tab extending perpendicularly from the plane of the arm for retaining the at least one wire rope against the post, the tab being configured to yield at a break point at which the tab is attached to the arm when subjected to a lateral force by the at least one wire rope that exceeds a predetermined amount to permit separation of the rope from the barrier within a predetermined impact zone.

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Patent Owner(s)

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HILL & SMITH LIMITEDBILSTON WOLVERHAMPTON WV14 0QL

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Harriman, Matthew Swadlincote, GB 3 7
Tonks, Mark Wolverhampton, GB 2 7
Wells, Steve Yukon, US 16 110

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