Patent ID: 6902151

Claim:
A wire rope safety barrier for positioning along roads or between carriage ways for traffic in opposite directions, and incorporating a plurality of spaced apart posts, which are substantially vertically anchored in the road side or in a strip positioned between the carriage ways for traffic in opposite direction, which posts in a sliding manner support a number of wire ropes, which wire ropes are spaced apart in vertical direction and are firmly anchored under pretension in end anchors fixedly positioned at opposite ends of the wire ropes outside the positions for the posts, the wire ropes being positioned in receiving means arranged in the posts, detachable cover means being positioned on top of said receiving means, the said posts and the said cover means having cooperating hooking means, preventing the cover means from being thrown off the posts following the impact, when a vehicle hits the wire rope safety barrier and wherein each post has a top end and is provided with a substantially vertical slot opening at the top end, said slots forming the receiving means for the wire rope and wherein the cover means comprises a top cap positioned on top of the post in a position closing off the upper opening of the slot wherein each of the post, close to its top, has an opening and wherein the top cap has an inward projection adapted to enter in the opening at the top of the post, the opening and the post together forming the cooperative hooking means which inhibits components of the safety barrier coming loose and being thrown away from the post in a collision.