US 11,913,181 B2
Gate for controlling oncoming traffic on a roadway
Jean-François Menier, Pointe-Claire (CA); Vincent Shebib Loiselle, Montreal (CA); and Nicholas Gendron, Laval (CA)
Assigned to Systemes Versilis Inc., Laval (CA)
Filed by Systemes Versilis Inc., Laval (CA)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,752.
Application 18/110,752 is a continuation of application No. 16/614,751, granted, now 11,629,465, previously published as PCT/CA2018/050581, filed on May 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/506,959, filed on May 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0193574 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E01F 13/00 (2006.01); E01F 13/06 (2006.01); E01F 9/00 (2016.01)
CPC E01F 13/06 (2013.01) [E01F 9/00 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gate for controlling oncoming traffic on a roadway, the gate comprising:
an arm movable between an extended position in which the arm extends into a given portion of the roadway to inform the oncoming traffic that the given portion of the roadway is closed and a retracted position in which the arm does not extend into the given portion of the roadway, the arm having a longitudinal direction, a widthwise direction that is vertical in the extended position, and a thickness-wise direction that is normal to the longitudinal direction of the arm and the widthwise direction of the arm, the arm comprising a beam extending along the longitudinal direction of the arm and a visible arrangement extending below the beam, the visible arrangement comprising a plurality of visible members that extend obliquely to the beam, a dimension of each of the visible members in the thickness-wise direction of the arm being less than a dimension of the beam in the thickness-wise direction of the arm; and
a control system comprising an actuator and configured to support the arm and move the arm horizontally between the extended position and the retracted position.