Patent ID: 8303209

Claim:
A post for use along a roadside comprising: a first lower 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 such coupling is in a direction across the length of the post; a second upper post section; a second slip type coupling means interconnecting said first and second sections in end-to-end relation and wherein slip movement of said second coupling is in a direction lengthwise of the post, said post sections comprising elongate I-beam sections; and said second coupling means comprises a first 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 first plate to the flange associated therewith of the other adjacently disposed post section and wherein said first coupling means includes a second pair of plates, one of said second pair of plates fixedly attached in a horizontal plane to a lower end of the lower post section and the other of said second pair of plates fixedly attached in a horizontal plane to a top end of said base section, each of said second pair of plates projecting outward of said post section and said base section and having at least one notch in a free outer edge, said second pair of plates being held in a face-to-face relationship with bolt and nut units having the bolt thereof passing through said notches and thereby permitting slippage and subsequent detachment.