Patent ID: 8777510

Claim:
An end treatment array for attenuating the forces generated by a vehicular impact, comprising: a transition barrier module fabricated of plastic and comprising first and second side walls, first and second end walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the module walls together defining a substantially enclosed interior space which is hollow, the transition barrier module having a predetermined width and length; and a containment impact sled comprising an axially extending frame, said frame having a width sufficient to contain the transition barrier module within said frame when in an assembled configuration, and having an axial length which is at least one-half the length of said transition barrier module, the frame defining an interior volume, the containment impact sled being attached to the transition barrier module in said assembled configuration; wherein said containment impact sled further comprises a floor and an upright wall connected to said frame which substantially covers the first front-facing end wall of the transition barrier module when the sled is in said assembled configuration, with the transition barrier module at least partially contained within the frame of the sled; the containment impact sled frame comprising a first side frame member attached to one side of said floor and upright wall and a second side frame member attached to an opposing side of said floor and said upright wall; wherein each of said side frame members comprise a bottom frame member and a top frame member, the bottom frame member being disposed substantially horizontally, and the top frame member extending downwardly at an angle from its frontmost end to its rearmost end, with the frontmost end of the top frame member being connected to said upright wall near a top of said upright wall and the rearmost end of the top frame member being connected to a rearmost end of the bottom frame member near ground level, such that each side frame member is triangular in shape.