Patent ID: 9260829
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: E01F

Claim Text:
1. A pedestrian barricade segment formed of molded plastic, comprising: a first vertical side having a hinge member disposed thereon; a second vertical side having a hinge receptacle disposed thereon, wherein the hinge receptacle is configured to receive the hinge member therein and to engage therewith, to thereby adjoin the segment to an adjacent segment of similar construction; a front vertical face extending between the first and second vertical sides; a rear vertical face extending between the first and second vertical sides; a leg rotatably mounted to a leg hinge structure disposed on the rear vertical face, the leg being rotatable between a stowed orientation wherein the leg lies parallel to the rear vertical face, and a deployed orientation wherein the leg lies at an angle relative to the rear vertical face so that the leg extends rearwardly from the rear vertical face to support the barricade segment in an upright orientation; a leg recess disposed in said rear vertical face for receiving the leg when it is in its stowed orientation; a locking ramp comprising molded plastic extending downwardly into the leg recess for securing the leg in said recess behind the locking ramp; and a foot pocket disposed in said rear vertical face which is sufficiently large to receive the toe of a user's foot when the leg is in its stowed orientation, the foot pocket being disposed above said leg recess so that a user may insert their foot into the foot pocket, when the leg is in its stowed orientation, and use the foot to push the leg downwardly, thereby releasing the leg from the locking ramp for deploying the leg.