Patent ID: 6733002
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
A crash barrier for roads, the barrier comprising:posts driven into the ground and spaced apart from each other; wooden rails connected end-to-end with each other and fixed on the posts, each rail having a longitudinal axis with wood fibers oriented along the longitudinal axis, a front external surface, and a rear external surface turned towards the posts; and synthetic fibers substantially reinforcing the rails along their length and forming at least a first cover that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, the synthetic fibers separating the rail into a front part and a rear part that is turned towards the posts, the front part being thicker than the rear part and having a cross section including a circular portion exceeding a semicircle, wherein at least some of the synthetic fibers of the first cover are glued to the rail along the longitudinal axis and arranged at a distance from the longitudinal axis, closer to the rear external surface than to the front external surface.