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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2019
Applicant:

Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc., Rio Vista, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew A. Elmore, Sacramento, CA (US);

Alvaro E. Morales Flores, Vacaville, CA (US);

Jason T. Lim, Stockton, CA (US);

Daniel Paul Dacayanan Loya, Elk Grove, CA (US);

Gerrit A. Dyke, Stockton, CA (US);

Jeff M. Thompson, Sacramento, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01F 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01F 15/088 (2013.01); E01F 15/085 (2013.01); E01F 15/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

An anchorless crash cushion apparatus having a plurality of interconnected water-filled crash cushion elements and a non-water filled forward-most cushion element includes vehicle capture structure resisting upward tilting of an impacting vehicle and ramping of the impacting vehicle and stabilizing structure resisting relative rotation between the crash cushion elements in both vertical and lateral planes during vehicle impact. A transition weldment is employed to connect the anchorless crash cushion apparatus to a rigid hazard object.


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