Patent ID: 8591137

Claim:
A barricade for crowd control, comprising: a first frame support member having an upper end, a lower end engageable with a supporting surface, an upper first opening adapted for receiving an end of a first upper beam therein and a lower second opening; and a second frame support member at an acute angle to the first support frame member and having an upper end, a lower end adjacent the lower end of the first frame support member and being engageable with the supporting surface, an upper first opening adapted for receiving an end of a second upper beam therein and a lower second opening, the second opening in the second frame support member being axially aligned with the second opening in the first frame support member; and a lower beam having a first end receivable in the second opening of the first frame support member and a second end receivable in the second opening of the second frame support member for interconnecting the first and second frame support members, the lower beam including: a first notch extending only partially through the lower beam at a location adjacent to the first end thereof and being adapted for receiving a first retaining member therein; and a second notch extending only partially through the lower beam at a location adjacent to the second end thereof for receiving a second retaining member therein, the first and second notches diverging from each other; wherein the interconnected first and second frame support members have a generally V-shaped configuration projecting from the supporting surface.