US 12,435,479 B2
Barrier system
Scott Kenneth Rosenbaugh, Lincoln, NE (US); Jennifer Dawn Rasmussen, Eagle, NE (US); Ronald Keith Faller, Lincoln, NE (US); Robert W. Bielenberg, Lincoln, NE (US); James C. Holloway, Lincoln, NE (US); Karla Ann Lechtenberg, Raymond, NE (US); and John D. Reid, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to NUtech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US)
Appl. No. 16/640,460
Filed by NUtech Ventures, Lincoln, NE (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 24, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/047866
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/040821, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/550,304, filed on Aug. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0217028 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. E01F 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC E01F 15/0446 (2013.01) [E01F 15/0461 (2013.01); E01F 15/0453 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A barrier system, comprising:
a first barrier segment having a first angled face and comprising an essentially solid interior, the first barrier segment having a generally elongate shape that extends along a longitudinal axis, the first angled face including:
a first flat face extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, and
two first angled side faces disposed on opposing sides of the first flat face;
a second barrier segment having a second angled face and comprising a second essentially solid interior, the second barrier segment having a generally elongate shape that extends along the longitudinal axis, the second angled face including:
a second flat face extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and parallel to the first flat face, and
two second angled side faces disposed in opposed relation to the two first angled side faces;
a pair of wedge-shaped connectors disposed, one each, in contact with opposing pairs of first and second angled side faces;
a pair of elastic pads disposed, one each, in contact between each of the pair of wedge-shaped connectors and a corresponding opposing pair of first and second angled side faces, the pair of elastic pads each conforming in shape to the wedge-shaped connectors and spacing the first and second flat faces from one another; and
at least one fastener disposed between each of the pair of wedge-shaped connectors and each of the first and second angled side faces, each of the at least one fasteners passing through only one angled side face of only one angled face of one of the first or second barrier segments and a portion of the corresponding essentially solid interior and, after passing through the portion of the corresponding essentially solid interior, being secured at an opening in the corresponding essentially solid interior.