Patent ID: 7364137
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: E01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cable barrier system, the system comprising: a cable-release anchor assembly comprising; a terminal end section having at least one terminal post, the terminal post disposed adjacent to and spaced from the cable-release anchor assembly; a length of need section having a plurality of line posts spaced from each other, each of the line posts having an internal cavity and a slot formed along a sidewall extending downward from its top end; at least one cable having a terminal end, the cable releasably held in tension by the cable-release anchor assembly proximate the terminal end; the cable releasably connected to the at least one terminal post; and the cable releasably connected to each line post by a post-cable connector, the post-cable connector having an elongated portion forming loops, the elongated portion disposed substantially within the cavity and the loops extending through the slot exterior of the cavity, the cable slidingly disposed in the loop: wherein when an object impacts and deforms one of the posts toward ground level the cable is released from the deformed post in a manner such that the cable tends to stay in contact with the object.