Patent ID: 7997823
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A parking bumper shell formed of injection-molded plastic, to be later filled with a form setting heavy filling material, comprising: a top wall; first and second side walls respectively extending from opposite sides of the top wall; first and second end walls respectively extending from opposite sides of the top wall, and respectively connecting adjacent ends of the respective first and second side walls, so as to form an open-bottom chamber; one or more undercuts formed on one or more of the top wall, first side wall, and second side wall, and extending inward along at least one of the first or second side wall; and at least one inwardly-projecting extension, formed on the top wall, for retainably holding an anchoring post used to secure a filled parking bumper shell to a ground or other supporting surface, wherein the inwardly projecting extension is sized to receive an inwardly projecting extension of a second parking bumper shell when the parking bumper shells are nested, wherein each inwardly projecting extension has a ledge to receive an associated washer to seat an associated anchoring post, and a cap to cover off the inwardly projecting extension when the anchoring post is seated therewithin, and wherein each inwardly projecting extension further comprises: