ERECTABLE BARRIER

• US 20190323187A1
• Filed: 10/25/2017
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amos Klein
• Original Assignee: Amos Klein
• Inventors: KLEIN, AMOS
• Granted Patent: US 10,837,149 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 13/08 by swinging into closed position about a transverse axis situated in the road surface, e.g. tiltable sections of the road surface, tiltable parking posts
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 13/123 depressible or retractable below the traffic surface, e.g. one-way spike barriers, power-controlled prong barriers

Abstract

An erectable barrier unit as well as a barricade made of a plurality of units are disclosed. The erectable barrier unit comprises a base and at least one movable hurdle connected to the base wherein the movable hurdle can instantly erect from a resting position in which the hurdle is adjacent to the base to an erected position in which a predetermined angle is formed between the hurdle and the base.

Claims

1. An erectable barrier unit comprising:

a base;

at least one movable hurdle connected to the base wherein the movable hurdle can instantly erect from a resting position in which the hurdle is adjacent to the base to an erected position in which a predetermined angle is formed between the hurdle and the base.

2. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the erected position is a default position.

3. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the erectable barrier unit is further provided with a default mechanism between the hurdle and the base, and wherein the default mechanism comprises a spring and a corresponding axis that assures the hurdle is in an upright position relative to the base.

4. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein a fastener is provided between the hurdle and the base so as to assure they are fully adjacent in the resting position.

5. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base is provided at at least one of its ends with an extension and wherein the extension is shaped as a wedge.

6. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a free end of the hurdle is wedge shaped.

7. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the resting position, the barrier unit is flat.

8. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable hurdle is hingeably connected to the base and can rotate about the hinge relative to the base.

9. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined angle is more than 90 degrees.

10. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined angle is between 30 and 60 degrees.

11. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a band is connected between the hurdle and the base.

12. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base is provided with holes through which it can be fixed to a road.

14. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one hurdle and the base are provided with connecting protrusions that are configures to receive connecting rods that can connect a plurality of similar barrier units having a plurality of bases and movable hurdles aligned to each other so as to form a barricade.

15. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 14, wherein the plurality of bases is embedded within a designated structure shaped as a speed bump.

16. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one movable hurdle comprises at least two supporting rods that are moving one towards the other and wherein the at least two supporting rods are connected by a hinge positioned between them so that as the rods are moving towards each other, the hinge is getting distantly from the base.

17. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 16, wherein at least two plates are connected onto the supporting rods so that in the erecting position, the plates are opposite each other in an upright position so as to form a bidirectional barrier.

18. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 16, wherein the erectable barrier unit further comprises fastening shafts connected between the base and the supporting rods wherein when the plates are erected, the supporting rods and the fastening shafts form a rhombus structure that provides additional strength to the barrier.

19. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 16, wherein the base comprises two parallel beams onto which the supporting rods can slide.

21. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one movable hurdle are two hurdles, each of the two hurdles erects to an opposite direction.

22. The erectable barrier unit as claimed in claim 21, wherein the predetermined angle between each of the two hurdles and the base is between 30-60 degrees.

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