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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Sicking Safety Systems Llc, Indian Springs Village, AL (US);
Dean L. Sicking, Indian Springs Village, AL (US);
Dakotah Sicking, Keller, TX (US);
Steven D. Thompson, Bessemer, AL (US);
Kenneth Walls, Trussville, AL (US);
Kevin D. Schrum, Pelham, AL (US);
Joseph Schwertz, Birmingham, AL (US);
David Littlefield, Vestavia Hills, AL (US);
Andrew Dameron, Birmingham, AL (US);
Sicking Safety Systems LLC, Indian Springs Village, AL (US);
Abstract
Guardrail, guardrail terminal, and support post designs that improve control of a vehicle during collisions are described. The disclosed designs also reduce the likelihood of intrusion into vehicle systems and the occupant compartment(s). Embodiments include folding and/or flattening of the guardrail and controlling the folded and flattened guardrail to avoid intrusion into the vehicle. Other embodiments include containing the guardrail in an impact head of a guardrail terminal, which also avoids vehicle intrusion.