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Collapsible and removable barricade post assembly

  • US 5,895,169 A
  • Filed: 01/14/1997
  • Issued: 04/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A removable barricade post assembly adapted to be positioned at a ground location:

  • (a) a base assembly comprising a first permanent base member adapted to be fixedly positioned at a permanent base location, and a second removable base member constructed and arranged to interfit removably with said first base member so as to hold said second base member in fixed alignment with said fixed base member;

    (b) a post section having an upper end portion, a lower end portion, an exterior surface and an interior cavity, said post section being pivotally mounted to said removable base member in a manner to be removeable between a first generally upright barricading position where the post section extends upwardly from the removable base member, and a second non-barricading position where said post section extends laterally from said moveable base member in a non-barricading position;

    (c) a retaining means for releaseably securing the post section in said first upright barricading position, and being releasable to permit said post section to be moved to its second non-barricading position;

    (d) said retaining means further comprises a security retaining means comprised of;

    i. a lid defining a upper guide hole that is attached to the top portion of the post section and having an attached hasp stop member defining a first lock reception hole;

    ii. a guide bracket defining a lower guide hole, the guide bracket being attached to the interior cavity of the post section so that the upper guide hole is coaxial with the lower guide hole;

    iii. a lock bar having a hasp that defines a second lock reception hole and that is mounted on an upper end of the lock bar, a foot attached to a lower end of the lock bar, the lock bar being rotatably mounted in the upper guide hole and the lower guide hole;

    iv. a lock stop member attached to an upper surface of the removable base member for reception of the foot of the lock bar when the lock bar is in the upright barricading position and that does not engage the foot of the lock bar when the lock bar is in the lowered non-barricading position;

    V. the lock stop member positioned so as to be fully contained within the interior cavity of the post section when the post section is in the upright barricading position,whereby the first permanent base member can be fixedly positioned at said base location, with said second removable base member interfitting with said first base member, with said post section extending upwardly in its barricading position and retained in said first barricading position by said retaining means, said post section can be moved to a second non-barricading position with said second removable base member remaining in its engaged position with the first permanent base member, and said second removable base member can be removed from its interfitting position with said first base member so as to totally remove said post section and said second base member from the first base member and so that the security lock means secures the post section to the removable base member when in the unright barricading position and is disengaged when the post section is in the lowered non-barricading position.

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