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High-density, low profile traffic channelizer base

  • US 5,451,118 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1994
  • Issued: 09/19/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A low profile self-ballasting base for traffic control barrels comprising a dense, compact, resilient platform, the base being at least partially formed of recycled rubber from automobile tires, the base having an upper barrel engaging pedestal portion and a lower surface for contacting a roadway, the pedestal portion having peripheral means for releasably engaging a complementary shaped traffic barrel, the releasably engaging means being releasable on impact of a motor vehicle with the barrel, the lower surface of the base having a peripheral ground engaging portion, the ground engaging portion having an inner periphery thereof, the lower surface of the base having a plurality of voids therein, the voids terminating at the inner periphery of the ground engaging portion and extending inwardly therefrom, the lower surface of the base further having a plurality of radially extending webs thereon, the webs separating adjacent voids in the lower surface of the base, the webs terminating at the inner periphery of the ground engaging portion and extending radially inwardly therefrom, the webs and voids cooperating to provide weight reduction and strength to the base, the base being sufficiently heavy that additional ballast is not required and the base is substantially self-ballasting when combined with a traffic channelizer barrel.

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