Patent ID: 9624630
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: E01F,E04H

Claim:
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 only rearwardly from the rear vertical face to support the barricade segment in an upright orientation, the leg hinge structure comprising a pair of wedges disposed on a portion of the leg; a recess disposed in said rear vertical face for receiving the leg when it is in its stowed orientation; a locking ramp for securing the leg in said recess; a foot pocket disposed in said rear vertical face which is sufficiently large to receive the toe of a user's foot, the foot pocket being disposed above said recess so that a user may insert their foot into the foot pocket and use the foot to push the leg downwardly, thereby releasing the leg from the locking ramp for deploying the leg; and a split ring collar disposed between each of said pair of wedges.