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Barricade apparatus

  • US 5,118,056 A
  • Filed: 03/22/1991
  • Issued: 06/02/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A barricade apparatus in cooperation with a railroad crossing defined by a road surface, wherein the apparatus comprises,a rigid foundation, the rigid foundation including a top surface, the top surface aligned with the road surface,andthe rigid foundation including an elongate cavity slot defined by a predetermined height and a predetermined length,anda first support column and a second support column mounted within the cavity slot and extending outwardly thereof in an orthogonal relationship relative to the top surface, wherein the first and second support columns are spaced apart a predetermined spacing,andthe first and second support columns reciprocatably mounting a barricade therebetween, the barricade defined by a barricade spacing substantially equal to the predetermined spacing and defined by a barricade height substantially equal to the predetermined height of the cavity slotand the barricade including a plurality of parallel rails, the parallel rails extending orthogonally between the first and second support columns, and the parallel rails including a rigid right mounting bar and a rigid left mounting bar orthogonally mounted relative to the parallel rails at opposed respective right and left end portions of each of the parallel rails, the parallel rails directed coextensively relative to one another fixedly mounted to the respective right and left mounting bars, and including a plurality of equally spaced shock-absorbing spacer plates orthogonally mounted between the parallel rails, wherein the spacer plates are arranged parallel relative to the right and left mounting bars, the shock-absorbing spacer plates each including a plurality of rigid side plates, the side plates being arranged coextensively relative to one another, and the side plates including a resilient polymeric central web directed orthogonally between the parallel side plates, the central web including a plurality of polymeric resilient mounting webs directed orthogonally and integrally to the central web, and a plurality of rail openings directed through the central web, wherein each rail opening receives a rail therethrough.

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