US 12,227,959 B1
Cable-reinforced barrier
Robert W Nichols, Owasso, OK (US); and Michael D Elmore, Broken Arrow, OK (US)
Assigned to Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/570,078.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,200, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Int. Cl. E04H 17/14 (2006.01); E04H 17/10 (2006.01); E04H 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 17/1488 (2021.01) [E04H 17/124 (2021.01); E04H 17/21 (2021.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a terrain; and
a kit, comprising:
a plurality of elongate cables, each cable having an end portion; and
a plurality of elongate and hollow bollards, each bollard having a longitudinal axis, a pair of opposed ends and an elongate axially-extending cable entry port formed intermediate its ends, the cable entry port having a non-square rectangular shape and being sized to receive the end portions of the plurality of cables therethrough while the cables are in a laterally-offset relationship;
in which one of the plurality of bollards is embedded at one of its ends within the terrain, in which the end portion of each of the plurality of cables is situated within the embedded bollard, and in which each of the plurality of cables extends through the cable entry port of the embedded bollard, the cables being in a laterally-offset relationship.