Patent ID: 6299141
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
An anchor assembly for an end terminal assembly of a highway guardrail system having a guardrail mounted on a plurality of posts with the end terminal assembly mounted on one end of the guardrail facing on-coming traffic and the anchor assembly providing a desired amount of tension support for the guardrail during a rail face impact by a vehicle downstream from the end terminal assembly, the anchor assembly comprising:a cable anchor bracket formed in part from an elongated member having a cable-receiving channel extending therethrough;the elongated member formed from a single piece of sheet metal;a plate attached to one end of the elongated member with an opening provided therein whereby a cable may be partially disposed within the cable-receiving channel with a portion extending through the opening to allow securing the portion of the cable within the cable-receiving channel of the cable anchor bracket;a plurality of tabs formed from the single piece of sheet metal as an integral part of the elongated member with a portion of each tab extending outwardly from the elongated member at an acute angle relative to the cable-receiving channel; andthe tabs sized and configured to be releasably inserted into corresponding apertures formed in the guardrail between a first post and a second post whereby another portion of the cable may be secured to the first post and the desired amount of tension support provided for the guardrail by cooperation between the tabs and the apertures to releasably secure the cable anchor bracket with the guardrail.