Patent ID: 7056056

Claim:
A collision safety device comprising: a post including first and second post segments, each said first and second post segment having a periphery; a first shear plate attached to said first post segment, said first shear plate having a first contact surface, at least a portion of said first shear plate extending beyond and continuing around the entirety of said periphery of said first and second post segments; a second shear plate attached to said second post segment, said second shear plate having a second contact surface opposite said first contact surface, at least a portion of said second shear plate extending beyond and continuing around the entirety of said periphery of said first and second shear segments; and a breakaway coupling for releasably attaching said first shear plate to said second shear plate, said breakaway coupling being releasably attached to said extended portion of said first and second shear plates and including a plurality of shear clips arranged around and engaging the outer periphery of the shear plates and a flexible band circumscribing and releasably securing said plurality of shear clips.