Patent ID: 6837647

Claim:
A modular crowd and traffic control barrier, comprising: a plurality, of barrier sections with each barrier section of said plurality of barrier sections comprising a male end and a female end, a base portion and an upright portion having one or more projections at each said male end and said female end of each said barrier section; a plurality of reinforcing strips; a plurality of hinge pins; a tension member for attaching each reinforcing strip of said plurality of reinforcing strips to a respective said barrier section, wherein said tension member passes through aligned apertures in said reinforcing strip and said barrier section; at least one reinforcing bracket for spanning between two adjacent said barrier sections, said at least one reinforcing bracket having an aperture, wherein said at least one reinforcing bracket is to be retained in place by at least one said tension member of each said barrier section passing through the aperture in said reinforcing bracket, wherein for each said barrier section there is another barrier section of said plurality of barrier sections so that when said female end of a first said barrier section is brought adjacent to said male end of a second said barrier section, said one or more projections of each of said female end and of said male end mate with one another, thereby allowing a hinge pin of said plurality of hinge pins to be passable through said projections for articulating adjacent said barrier sections together; and, wherein said attachment of said plurality of reinforcing strips to said respective said barrier sections continues to permit adjacent said barrier sections to be articulated to one another, while increasing resistance of said modular crowd and traffic control barrier constructed from said plurality of barrier sections to lateral impact forces for traffic control.