Patent ID: 6616369
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: E01F,Y10T

Abstract:
A quick release delineator apparatus comprising:a load cell assembly having an upper and lower load cell element, said lower load cell element having slots in a shoulder portion of said lower load cell element and at least one cell alignment passage extending through said lower load cell element; a delineator base member having studs extending upwardly from a load cell assembly receiving chamber in said delineator base member, said studs having head portions which cooperate with said slots to retain said lower load cell element to said base member upon rotation of said lower load cell element about said studs from a first position to a second position and at least one base alignment passage extending through said base member; and a quick release alignment detent pin secured within and extending through said cell alignment passage in said lower load cell element and releasably and slidingly passable through said base alignment passage in said base member when said lower load cell element is in said second position to maintain alignment of said lower load cell and said base member in said second position such that said lower load cell does not rotate back to said first position.