Patent ID: 7481599
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A barrier assembly comprising: a support assembly configured to secure to the ground, the support assembly further comprising a multi-flange assembly oriented in a bulls-eye configuration, a housing, a casing, one or more support pins, and reinforced cementitious material; a retractable assembly configured to be received within the support assembly; and a locking assembly attached to the retractable assembly comprising wherein the plane defining the multi-flange assembly is substantially parallel to the surface of the ground; wherein the casing is affixed at a first end to an inner most flange of the multi-flange assembly; wherein the housing is attached to an outer flange that adjoins the inner most flange, the housing being effective to isolate the casing from the reinforced cementitious material; wherein the reinforced cementitious material comprises one or more units of rebar joined to the outer flange, whereby the one or more units of rebar extend out from the outer flange in a direction about perpendicular to the plane defining the multi-flange assembly; and wherein the one or more support pins are fixed to the outer flange in a manner effective for the inner most flange to sit atop the one or more support pins during operation of the barrier assembly.