Patent ID: 7537412

Claim:
A post for use along a roadside comprising: a first post section securable via a first slip type coupling means to a base section anchored in the ground and in which the slip movement of said first slip type coupling means is in a direction across the length of said post; a second post section; said first post section and said second post section comprise elongate I-beam sections having opposing outer faces; a second slip type coupling means interconnecting said first post section and said second post section in end-to-end relationship wherein slip movement of said second post section coupling is in a direction lengthwise of said post; said second coupling means comprises a pair of plates located one on each of respective outer faces of the flanges of the I-beams, means securely removably anchoring a portion of the respective plates to the post flange associated therewith of one post section and slip joint means connecting another portion of said plates to the flange associated therewith of the other adjacently disposed post section and wherein said first coupling means includes a pair of L-shaped brackets, means removably securing one leg of the respective brackets to respective ones of the flanges of the lower end of the lower post section with the other leg projecting outwardly away from the post flange associated therewith, each of said projecting bracket leg having at least one notch in a free outer edge, and bolt and nut units on said base section having the bolt thereof passing through said notches and thereby permitting slippage.