US 12,320,083 B1
Cable barrier with dual-column posts
Robert W Nichols, Owasso, OK (US); Fred L Givens, Tulsa, OK (US); and Bryan L Hudson, Beggs, OK (US)
Assigned to Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/393,689.
Application 18/393,689 is a division of application No. 16/440,195, filed on Jun. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,851,833.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/684,787, filed on Jun. 14, 2018.
Int. Cl. E01F 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC E01F 15/06 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A barrier, comprising:
a footing system embedded within a terrain, comprising:
a pair of spaced first and second end footings; and
one or more intermediate footings arranged between the end footings;
a post system formed from a plurality of posts, supported by the footing system and comprising:
an intermediate post system supported by the intermediate footings; and
a first end post assembly supported by the first end footing and comprising:
a first column supported by the first end footing; and
a second column offset from the first column and situated within the footprint of the first end footing; and
at least one elongate and flexible cable, each cable wrapped at least partially around each post of the intermediate post system and at least partially around each column of the first end post assembly, such that the wrapped cable forms at least one full winding that surrounds one and only one column of the first end post assembly.