Patent ID: 8973645
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A portable traffic screen assembly comprising: a pair of vertical support members, each of the pair of vertical support members extending between a support member upper end and a support member lower end; a pair of support member bases, each of the pair of support member bases being attached to a respective one of the support member lower ends; a first rigid crossmember releasably connected between the support member upper ends; a first screen extending between first screen opposite sides, a first screen upper edge and a first screen lower edge, each of the first screen opposite sides being adjacent to a respective one of the pair of vertical support members, a first screen void being defined along the first screen upper edge in which the first rigid crossmember is received; at least two first screen coupling mechanisms, each releasably coupling a respective one of the first screen opposite sides to its respective vertical support members, the at least two first screen coupling members allowing the first screen opposite sides to decouple from their respective vertical support members, such that the first screen is outwardly rotatable about the first rigid crossmember under wind pressure; and a pair of first crossmember attachment hubs, each of the pair of first crossmember hubs extending around a respective one of the vertical support members and defining a plurality of downwardly extending slots therein; wherein each end of the first rigid crossmember has a first crossmember pin extending downwardly therefrom, each of the first crossmember pins being received in one of the plurality of downwardly extending on slots on a respective one of the first crossmember hubs.