Highway barrier
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1. A visual barrier for highway use, comprising:
- a horizontal web having a width and a length, wherein the length is greater than the width; and
an undulating vertical web orthogonal to and extending away from the horizontal web; and
wherein the horizontal web and the vertical web are integrally formed by folding a single web of thermoplastic material.
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Abstract
A visual barrier for highway use, comprising a horizontal web having a width and a length, wherein the length is greater than the width; and an undulating vertical web orthogonally connected to and extending away from the horizontal web, wherein the vertical web is formed of a thermoplastic material, and in which the horizontal web may be undulating, with first surfaces having holes therethrough and second surfaces without holes, wherein the second surfaces are facing toward oncoming traffic and the first surfaces and the holes are facing away from oncoming traffic.
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1. A visual barrier for highway use, comprising:
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a horizontal web having a width and a length, wherein the length is greater than the width; and an undulating vertical web orthogonal to and extending away from the horizontal web; and wherein the horizontal web and the vertical web are integrally formed by folding a single web of thermoplastic material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A barrier structure, comprising:
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an elongated concrete barricade having a top and a bottom and a height, wherein the top is narrower than the bottom and the height is sufficient to substantially prevent vehicles from crossing over the barricade in accident situations; and a continuous visual barrier mounted on the top of said barricade, said visual barrier extending upward from said barricade to block vehicles on one side of the barrier from view of vehicles on an opposite side of the barrier, wherein said visual barrier comprises thermoplastic material, said visual barrier having a relatively flat, nonundulating bottom portion against said concrete barricade with an undulating vertical portion extending upwardly from said bottom portion, wherein said flat bottom portion and said undulating vertical portion are integrally formed solely by folding a single piece of said thermoplastic material. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing a visual barrier between lanes of oncoming traffic, wherein the lanes of traffic are separated by a concrete barricade having a top side, comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of thermoplastic panels having an undulating vertically-extending portion and a non-undulating continuous bottom flange, wherein the undulating vertical portion and the nonundulating bottom flange have been integrally formed from a single piece of thermoplastic material, and connecting the panels to the top of the concrete barricade with the panels in end-to-end relationship at a height that substantially blocks oncoming traffic from view of a driver on one side of the panels. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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