Patent ID: 7811025
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A barrier segment which is hollow and adapted to be filled with a fluent material for ballast, comprising: a molded plastic container having outer walls defining an interior volume and having a first end and a second end; a plurality of connecting lugs disposed on each of said first and second ends, so that a plurality of barrier segments may be joined together; a length of metallic cable molded within and to said molded plastic container, so that most of the length of metallic cable is entirely disposed within said interior volume, along substantially an entire length of said container between said first and second ends; and a loop of cable at each end of the length of cable, wherein each said loop is wrapped about a pin hole disposed in one of said lugs, the loop of cable being molded to the plastic comprising the lug about which the loop of cable is wrapped, such that the loop of cable is fixedly attached to the lug.