Collapsible safety barricades

Claim 2

A traffic barricade comprising: a pair of spaced, horizontally extending base members, a pair of upright legs, at least one horizontally extending panel connected at its opposite ends to said upright legs and spaced above said base members, means pivotally mounting said legs adjacent their lower ends to said base member for swinging movement between an upright extended position and a collapsed position, a pair of brace members extending diagonally from said base members to said upright legs for supporting the same in an upright position, means pivotally mounting said brace members to said base members, and means detachably securing said brace members to said upright legs intermediate their upper and lower ends.

Claim 3

A traffic barricade according to claim 1 wherein said panel includes a face having a reflective surface thereon and flanges along opposite longitudinal edges thereof extending away from said face and having ends in abutting engagement against portions of said legs.

Claim 4

A traffic barricade according to claim 1 wherein said panel comprises opposite faces having reflective surfaces thereon provided with different markings.

Claim 5

A traffic barricade according to claim 3 including means for spacing said panel forwardly from said upright legs.

Claim 6

A traffic barricade according to claim 1 wherein said last-mentioned pivotal mounting means includes shear bolts connecting said brace members to said base members whereby impact forces directed against said barricade are transmitted through said brace members to sever said shear bolts and collapse said barricade.

Claim 7

A traffic barricade comprising: a pair of spaced, horizontally extending base members, a pair of upright legs, at least one horizontally extending panel connected at its opposite ends to said upright legs, means pivotally mounting said legs adjacent their lower ends to said base members, a pair of brace members extending diagonally from said base members to said upright legs for supporting the same, means pivotally mounting said brace members to said base members, and means detachably securing said brace members to said upright legs intermediate their upper and lower ends, said detachably securing means including a fastener on each leg and a slot in each brace member for quick disengagement whereby said brace members and said upright legs can be pivoted about their respective pivotal mountings into a collapsed inoperative position for storage and handling.

Claim 8

A traffic barricade comprising: a pair of spaced, horizontally extending base members, a pair of upright legs, at least one horizontally extending panel connected at its opposite ends to said upright legs, means pivotally mounting said legs adjacent their lower ends to said base members, a pair of brace members extending diagonally from said base members to said upright legs for supporting the same, means pivotally mounting said brace members to said base members, and means detachably securing said brace members to said upright legs intermediate their upper and lower ends, said detachably securing means including a fastener on each leg and a slot in each brace member for quick disengagement whereby said brace members and said upright legs can be pivoted about their respective pivotal mountings into a collapsed inoperative position for storage and handling.

Claim 9

A traffic barricade according to claim 11 including keeper means on said base members engageable with said slots on said brace members for latching the latter in said collapsed inoperative position.

Claim 10

A traffic barricade according to claim 1 including link means on at least one of said base members for attachment to a base member of an adjacent barricade.

Claim 11

A continuous safety barricade system comprising at least two traffic barricades as defined in claim 1 in combination with means for linking said barricades together to serially connect the same.

Claim 12

A continuous safety barricade system according to claim 9 wherein said linking means includes at least one connecting member pivotally mounted on one base member of one barricade and having a slot engageable with a fastener on the adjacent base member of the other barricade.