Patent ID: 7364137

Claim:
A cable barrier system, the system comprising: a cable-release anchor assembly comprising; a cable mounting plate for releasably holding the cable proximate its terminal end, the cable mounting plate fixedly secured proximate the ground level; and a leveraging member having a base positioned below the terminal end of the cable and a leg extending above the terminal end of the cable, wherein when the leg is impacted by a sufficient force by a vehicle, the base leverages the cable from connection with the mounting plate; a terminal end section having at least one terminal post, the terminal post disposed adjacent to and spaced from the cable-release anchor assembly; a length of need section having a plurality of line posts spaced from each other, each of the line posts having an internal cavity and a slot formed along a sidewall extending downward from its top end; at least one cable having a terminal end, the cable releasably held in tension by the cable-release anchor assembly proximate the terminal end; the cable releasably connected to the at least one terminal post; and the cable releasably connected to each line post by a post-cable connector, the post-cable connector having an elongated portion forming loops, the elongated portion disposed substantially within the cavity and the loops extending through the slot exterior of the cavity, the cable slidingly disposed in the loop: wherein when an object impacts and deforms one of the posts toward ground level the cable is released from the deformed post in a manner such that the cable tends to stay in contact with the object.