US 12,258,719 B2
Protective barrier
Thomas Ustach, Boston, MA (US); and Teodoro A. Mesa, Lynn, MA (US)
Assigned to McCue Corporation, Danvers, MA (US)
Filed by McCue Corporation, Danvers, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,148.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/088,648, filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106749 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. E01F 15/14 (2006.01); E01C 11/22 (2006.01)
CPC E01F 15/146 (2013.01) [E01C 11/222 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective barrier comprising:
T-shaped bracket having a length extending from a first end to a second end of the protective barrier, the T-shaped bracket including:
a first elongate leg member extending along the length of the T-shaped bracket, the first elongate member including a first plurality of through holes and having a first side configured to be mounted to a surface;
a second elongate leg member extending along the length of the T-shaped bracket and coplanar with the first elongate leg member, the second elongate leg member including a second plurality of through holes and having a second side configured to be mounted to the surface; and
a third elongate leg member extending in a first direction along the length of the T-shaped bracket and from a region where the first elongate leg member and the second elongate leg member meet, the third elongate leg member extending in a second direction away from and substantially perpendicular to the first elongate leg member and the second elongate leg member; and
an elongate impact absorber extending from the first end to the second end of the protective barrier, the impact absorber being compressible and configured to be disposed on the T-shaped bracket, the elongate impact absorber including
a T-shaped cavity configured to receive the T-shaped bracket, and
a plurality of openings configured to align with the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes when the elongate impact absorber is disposed on the T-shaped bracket; and
a plurality of fasteners configured to extend through the plurality of openings of the elongate impact absorber and through the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes to fasten the T-shaped bracket and the elongate impact absorber to the surface.