Patent ID: 7172362

Claim:
A divider barrier for roadway delineation, comprising: plural divider members detachably connected to one another end-to-end, each divider member having a base body which is defined by opposite ends and includes slanted lateral collision plates having lower longitudinal edges, support plates connected to the lower longitudinal edges of the collision plates and extending from the base body outwards, and a guide bar defined by opposite ends, said guide bar extending above the base body at a vertical distance thereto and connected to the base body via vertical posts; and connecting means provided at the ends of the base body and the ends of the guide bar for attachment to neighboring base bodies and guide bars, wherein the support plates of successive divider members are detachably connected to one another by means of fishplates, with each fishplate having a first end portion disposed under the support plate of one divider member and including an assembly opening for receiving a screw fastener, and a second end portion disposed under the support plate of a neighboring divider member and including an assembly opening for receiving a screw fastener, wherein each of the first end portion and the second end portion of the fishplate has a receiving opening for engagement of a pin which is secured to the underside of each of the support plates for added stiffeness to prevent a lateral displacement of adjacent divider members, wherein the receiving opening and the assembly opening in each of the first end portions are of different size; wherein the receiving opening of each of the first and second end portions is disposed centrally, with the assembly opening disposed eccentrically.