Patent ID: 7243908

Claim:
A guardrail system, comprising: a guardrail; an end terminal coupled to the guardrail; a support post for supporting the end terminal; a cable anchor bracket coupled to the guardrail; a cable extending between the support post and the cable anchor bracket; the cable anchor bracket comprising: a plate having an aperture formed therein; a plurality of protrusions coupled to the plate and extending from a plane containing the aperture, the plurality of protrusions releasably engaging a plurality of apertures formed in the guardrail; wherein the cable is coupled to the support post at a first end and coupled to the aperture of the plate at a second end, the cable terminating at the aperture such that an extension of a longitudinal axis of the cable from the second end forms an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the guardrail and approximately intersects a centroid of the protrusions; and wherein a longitudinal axis extending through the center of the aperture in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane having the aperture is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cable when the cable is coupled to the plate having the aperture.