Installable graffiti and tagging inhibiting panels
First Claim
1. A baffle assembly configured to be installed parallel to a surface of a vertical structure to inhibit graffiti comprising:
- a plurality of baffles, wherein each of the plurality of baffles comprise individual elongated open ended square tubing having a plurality of openings between 0.875 inches in width to 1.25 in width, wherein each of the plurality of baffles being joined with a space equal to the width of one of each of the plurality of baffles between adjacent ones of the plurality of baffles, in both row and column directions, the junction of adjacent ones of the plurality of baffles made by welding, soldering, or adhering to yield the baffle assembly wherein each of the plurality of baffles are mounted at between a 5 degree and a 15 degree downward offset from a horizontal plane.
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Abstract
A baffle formed of square tubing having four faces, each face having a series of openings therein, The baffles are joined in off set rows and offset columns, with a space between each pair of baffles, vertically and horizontally, preferably in rows of six to form an anti-graffiti baffle assembly that has thirty six baffles therein. The individual baffles can be welded or otherwise attached to each other to form the baffle assembly, and which assembly is attached to either a substrate to be protected, or attached to a pair of spaced mounting posts which in turn are mounted to a substrate by four flat plates that are strategically attached to the baffle assembly to act as a mounting means.
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16 Claims
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1. A baffle assembly configured to be installed parallel to a surface of a vertical structure to inhibit graffiti comprising:
- a plurality of baffles, wherein each of the plurality of baffles comprise individual elongated open ended square tubing having a plurality of openings between 0.875 inches in width to 1.25 in width, wherein each of the plurality of baffles being joined with a space equal to the width of one of each of the plurality of baffles between adjacent ones of the plurality of baffles, in both row and column directions, the junction of adjacent ones of the plurality of baffles made by welding, soldering, or adhering to yield the baffle assembly wherein each of the plurality of baffles are mounted at between a 5 degree and a 15 degree downward offset from a horizontal plane.
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2. A baffle assembly configured to be installed parallel to a surface of a vertical structure to inhibit graffiti comprising:
- a plurality of baffles arranged in alternating rows and columns of uniformly spaced open ended baffles, each of the plurality of baffles being spaced from an adjacent one of the plurality of baffles by a space equal to the size of each of the plurality of baffles, both vertically and horizontally, wherein each of the plurality of baffles is an elongated square tube with a series of openings on each surface of said each of the plurality of baffles and wherein each of the plurality of baffles are mounted at between a 5 degree and a 15 downward offset from a horizontal plane, and wherein each of the plurality of baffles has 3 to 4 openings in each of the four faces of the square tube, and said tubes are 5 to 8 inches in length.
- View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
- 7. A baffle assemblage comprising at least two baffle assemblies configured to be installed parallel to a surface of a vertical structure to inhibit graffiti comprising of a plurality of alternating rows of individual perforated elongated square tubing baffles, wherein said baffles having a width, and said spaces between adjacent baffles are equal to said width, both horizontally and vertically, each of the at least two baffle assemblies has flat mounting plates thereon on a top row and bottom row thereof, said at least two baffle assemblies being disposed side by side and attached by the mounting plates to two vertically spaced apart mounting posts, said baffles being downwardly disposed from a horizontal plane at an angle between 5 degrees and 15 degrees, and wherein each of said baffles has 3 to 4 openings in each of the four faces of the square tubing.
- 12. A graffiti inhibiting panel comprising a plurality of horizontally aligned, and vertically spaced, and vertically aligned mounting posts having a plurality of baffle assemblies attached in horizontal pairs on spaced pairs of mounting posts, which mounting posts are attached to a substrate to be protected from graffiti and tagging, wherein each of the plurality of baffle assemblies is comprised of a plurality of baffles, that are individual elongated square tubing that are open ended, having a plurality of openings of from 0.875 inches in width to 1.25 inches in width, wherein each of the plurality of baffles being joined with a space equal to the width of one of each of the plurality of baffles between adjacent each of a plurality of baffles, in both row and column directions, the junction of adjacent ones of the plurality of baffles made by welding, soldering, or adhering to yield the baffle assembly wherein the each of the plurality of baffles are mounted between a 5 degree and a 15 degree downward offset from a horizontal plane.
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