Patent ID: 8613565

Claim:
In combination, a traffic structure and a cushioned cover for the traffic structure, comprising: an elongated traffic structure, the traffic structure having a base for engaging a supporting surface, a pair of opposing side surfaces, a pair of opposing end surfaces defining the length of the structure, and an upper portion; a cushioned cover for the traffic structure, the cushioned cover comprising: a continuous, unbroken, resilient outer layer, the outer layer having an upper panel central region and mutually opposed outer edges; a continuous, unbroken, resilient inner layer being substantially coextensive with the outer layer, the inner layer having an upper panel central region and mutually opposed outer edges connected to the opposed edges of the outer layer; and a medial layer disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer, the medial layer having a central region and mutually opposed outer edges and being substantially coextensive with both the inner and outer layers, the medial layer having a plurality of closely spaced, pneumatically interconnected, resilient inflatable cells disposed thereon and extending from the opposed outer edges to a location adjacent the central region thereby leaving an unobstructed central region that overlies the upper portion of a traffic structure, wherein the central region consists of the central regions of the upper panels of each of the outer and inner layers being joined to each other and only the unobstructed central region contacts the upper portion of the traffic structure.