Protective or delimiting barrier having a flexible connecting system

• US 6,439,801 B1
• Filed: 10/10/2000
• Issued: 08/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Raphael Galiana
• Original Assignee: Raphael Galiana
• Inventors: Galiana, Raphael, Hellio, Jean-Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): Bagnell, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Singh, Sunil
• Application Number:
  US09/684,969
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 404/6, 404/7, 404/9, 404/12, 256/13.1, 256/1
• US Class Current: 404/6
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 15/086 using plastic, rubber or synthetic materials
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 15/088 Details of element connection

Abstract

Protective or delimiting barrier for road traffic includes a plurality of hollow separating elements. Each of the separating elements includes a cylindro-convex end and a cylindro-concave end. Each of the separating elements is capable of containing a shock absorbing volume of air. A lower flexible member is provided and is one of a strap and a band. The lower flexible member extends through at least one separating element and into an adjacent separating element. An upper flexible member is provided and is one of a strap and a band. The upper flexible member extends through at least one separating element and into an adjacent separating element. The upper flexible member is arranged above the lower flexible member. The plurality of separating elements are connected end-to-end such that the cylindro-convex end of one separating element is disposed adjacent the cylindro-concave end of another separating element. An articulation is formed between the cylindro-convex end of one separating element and the cylindro-concave end of an adjacent separating element.

Claims

1. A protective or delimiting barrier for road traffic comprising:

a plurality of hollow separating elements;

each of the separating elements comprising a cylindro-convex end and a cylindro-concave end;

each of the separating elements being capable of containing a shock absorbing volume of air;

a lower flexible member being one of a strap and a band, and extending through at least one separating element and into an adjacent separating element;

an upper flexible member being one of a strap and a band, and extending through at least one separating element and into an adjacent separating element, whereby the upper flexible member is arranged above the lower flexible member; and

the plurality of separating elements being connected end-to-end such that the cylindro-convex end of one separating element is disposed adjacent the cylindro-concave end of another separating element,

wherein an articulation is formed between the cylindro-convex end of one separating element and the cylindro-concave end of an adjacent separating element.

2. The barrier of claim 1, wherein at least one of the upper and lower flexible members comprises synthetic fibers or textiles.

3. The barrier of claim 1, wherein the upper and lower flexible members are one of arranged vertically one above the other and arranged one above the other on a substantially vertical plane.

4. The barrier of claim 1, wherein each separating element has the shape of an oblong horizontal section.

5. The barrier of claim 1, wherein at least one of the upper and the lower flexible members comprises a width on the order of 50 mm.

6. The barrier of claim 1, wherein the cylindro-convex end and the cylindro-concave end of at least one separating element comprises a diameter which is equal to a width of the at least one separating element.

7. The barrier of claim 1, wherein at least one of the separating elements has a length L which is at least two times greater than a width I of the at least one separating element.

8. The barrier of claim 7, wherein the length is two and a half times greater than the width of the at least one separating element.

9. The barrier of claim 1, wherein at least one of the separating elements has a length L which is on the order of 100 cm, a width I which is on the order of 40 cm, and a height H which is on the order of 50 cm.

10. The barrier of claim 1, wherein at least one of the upper and the lower flexible members is a continuous flexible member which extends through each of the separating elements in the plurality of separating elements.

11. A protective or delimiting barrier for road traffic comprising:

a plurality of hollow separating elements;

each of the separating elements comprising a cylindro-convex end and a cylindro-concave end;

each cylindro-convex end comprising two through openings;

each cylindro-concave end comprising two through openings;

the plurality of separating elements being arranged end-to-end such that the cylindro-convex end of one separating element is disposed adjacent the cylindro-concave end of another separating element, whereby the two through openings of the cylindro-convex end of one separating element are aligned with the two through openings of the cylindro-concave end of an adjacent separating element; and

two flexible members connecting at least one separating element with an adjacent separating element, whereby the two flexible members pass through the two through openings of the cylindro-convex end of the at least one separating element and through the two through openings of the cylindro-concave end of the ad;

-cent separating element,

wherein an articulation is formed between the cylindro-convex end of one separating element and the cylindro-concave end of another separating element.

12. The barrier of claim 11, wherein the two flexible members comprise synthetic fibers or textiles.

13. The barrier of claim 11, wherein each separating element has the shape of an oblong horizontal section and wherein the two flexible members comprise a width on the order of 50 mm.

14. The barrier of claim 11, wherein the cylindro-convex end and the cylindro-concave end of at least one separating element comprises a diameter which is equal to a width of the at least one separating element.

15. The barrier of claim 11, wherein at least one of the separating elements has a length L which is at least two times greater than a width I of the at least one separating element.

16. The barrier of claim 11, wherein the two flexible members are continuous and extend through each of the separating elements in the plurality.

17. A protective or delimiting barrier for road traffic comprising:

a plurality of hollow separating elements;

each of the separating elements comprising a cylindro-convex end and a cylindro-concave end;

each cylindro-convex end comprising two through openings;

each cylindro-concave end comprising two through openings;

the plurality of separating elements being arranged end-to-end such that the cylindro-convex end of one separating element is disposed adjacent the cylindro-concave end of an adjacent separating element, whereby the two openings of the cylindro-convex end of one separating element are aligned with the two openings of the cylindro-concave end of an adjacent separating element; and

two continuous flexible members connecting each of the separating elements in the plurality, whereby the two flexible members pass through each of the separating elements in the plurality;

wherein an articulation is formed between each of the separating elements in the plurality.

18. The barrier of claim 17, wherein the two openings and the two flexible members are arranged one above the other and on a substantially vertical plane.

19. The barrier of claim 17, wherein each separating element comprises the same width and wherein the cylindro-convex end and the cylindro-concave end of each separating element comprises a diameter which is equal to a width of the separating elements.