Title:
GUARDRAIL BEAM WITH ENHANCED STABILITY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002066746
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A guardrail beam for installation along a roadway is provided with a first or top edge region (142) and a second or bottom edge region (144). A plurality of crowns (46, 48) may be disposed longitudinally along the guardrail beam between the first, top edge (142) region and the second (144), bottom edge region. Each edge region preferably includes a first, edge flange (151) and a second, slot flange (151) with a plurality of splice bolt slots (38) disposed therein. A radius (R2) between less than three-eighths of an inch and approximately one-sixteenth of an inch is preferably formed between each first, edge flange and adjacent second, slot flange. Also, each first, edge flange preferably extends at an angle between approximately twenty-five degrees and one hundred twenty-five degrees relative to the second, slot flange.
Inventors:
OCHOA CARLOS M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/045265
Publication Date:
November 13, 2003
Filing Date:
October 24, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OCHOA CARLOS M (US)
International Classes:
E01F15/04; (IPC1-7): E01F15/04
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