US 11,746,486 B2
Vehicle escape ramp safety arresting system
Michael Kempen, Saint Thomas, VI (US); and Michael Brackin, Bryan, TX (US)
Assigned to IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES VI, St. Thomas, VI (US)
Filed by IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES VI, Saint Thomas, VI (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,784.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/014,854, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0332541 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. E01F 13/12 (2006.01); E01F 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC E01F 13/12 (2013.01) [E01F 15/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle arresting system, comprising:
a ramp that includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall to delimit a first side and a second side, respectively, of the ramp;
at least one angled wall that extends from at least one of the first sidewall and the second sidewall; and
at least one energy absorbing system fixed to and extending from at least one of the first sidewall and the second sidewall downstream of the at least one angled wall such that the at least one angled wall both directs an errant vehicle about the ramp and protects the at least one energy absorbing system from impact by the errant vehicle, the at least one energy absorbing system including at least one of an extendable one of a tape or cord.