Patent ID: 7377717
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A load cell assembly for a self-uprighting delineator movable from a first position to a second position comprising: upper and lower load cell elements; said upper load cell element having a neck portion and a cap section, said cap section having an upper and lower end; a load spring neck cavity in said neck portion; an upper cable passage extending from inside said neck cavity through a cap face surface extending across the entire width of said lower cap end, said cap face surface having a first orientation alignment member, said first orientation alignment member tapering at an angle greater than 0° from the horizontal across said entire width of said lower cap end; said lower load cell element having a base section and a head portion said head portion having an upper end and a lower section; a cable locking base cavity in said base section; a complimentary lower cable passage extending from inside said base section through a head face surface extending across the entire width of said upper end of said head portion, said complimentary lower cable passage axially aligned with said upper cable passage when said assembly is in said first position, said head face surface having a second orientation alignment member cooperating with said first orientation alignment member on said cap face surface for returning said upper and lower cable passages into said axially alignment in said first position after displacement of said assembly to said second position, said second orientation alignment member tapering at an angle greater than 0″ from the horizontal across said entire width of said upper end, wherein said upper cable passage further comprises a first upper cable channel spaced apart from a second upper cable channel, said first orientation alignment member extending between said first and second upper cable channels, and said complimentary lower cable passage further comprises a first lower cable channel spaced apart from a second lower cable channel, said second orientation alignment member extending between said first and second lower cable channels.