Patent ID: 7445403

Claim:
A liquid barrier assembly for the prevention of flow of liquid from one area to an adjacent area, the assembly comprising first and second barriers each comprising a substantially rigid container, each barrier having a front wall against which, in use, liquid is intended to be incident, a base wall which is intended to be in contact with a support surface on which the barrier is to be located, and first and second opposite side walls each having a side groove defined therein, adjacent barriers being connectable to one another by a connector to form a liquid-tight seal between the barriers, wherein the connector comprise a first portion disposed in a first of said side grooves in the first barrier and a second portion projecting from said first of said side grooves, the first portion defining at least one resiliently deformable locking projection for locking engagement with a surface of the first side groove, the second portion being resiliently deformable and defining a plurality of resiliently deformable sealing projections, and wherein when the barriers are juxtaposed in a predetermined manner the second portion of the connector is received in a second groove of the second barrier and compressed such that it undergoes a predetermined deformation so that at least one of the sealing projections is forced towards a surface of the second side groove defined in the second barrier so as to form a liquid-tight seal therewith.