PORTABLE BARRICADE AND SUPPORT DEVICE
A mobile barricade support device employs one or more rolling weight-supporting platforms, with a vertical strut extending from each of the one or more platforms to engage and support a barricade wall. The platforms may optionally be fixedly secured together by a horizontal strut and one or more backing brace members may optionally be secured to the platforms and the vertical struts for additional support.
The present disclosure relates to barricades, and more particularly to a portable barricade and barricade support device.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARYBarricades, such as temporary construction barricades, can assist in protecting people and property from harm. Typical construction barricades are stationary and require significant cost and effort to be relocated.
The present disclosure provides, in part, a portable barricade and support device that is stable, easily deployed and easily relocated. In various embodiments, the barricade and support device include an arrangement of weight supporting platforms with vertical struts secured thereto, with one or more barricade elements secured adjacent the vertical struts. Casters or other suitable rolling devices are secured under the platforms to permit barricade mobility. The platforms may optionally be fixedly secured together by a horizontal strut, and one or more backing brace members may optionally be secured to the platforms and the vertical struts for additional support.
The presently disclosed subject matter now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the presently disclosed subject matter are shown. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. The presently disclosed subject matter may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Indeed, many modifications and other embodiments of the presently disclosed subject matter set forth herein will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which the presently disclosed subject matter pertains having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is to be understood that the presently disclosed subject matter is not to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and that modifications and other embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.
It will be appreciated that reference to “a”, “an” or other indefinite article in the present disclosure encompasses one or more than one of the described element. Thus, for example, reference to a platform may encompass one or more platforms, and so forth.
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Claims
1. A barricade wall support device, comprising:
- a platform comprising a top face, a bottom face and a rear edge;
- a base bracket secured to the rear edge of the platform, wherein the base bracket can receive a barricade wall;
- a rolling component secured to the bottom face of the platform;
- a weight member positioned on the top face of the platform;
- a first strut member secured to the platform so as to extend vertically above the platform, wherein the first strut member is securable to the barricade wall; and
- a backing brace member comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the backing brace member is secured to the first strut member.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the rolling component comprises a set of casters.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the platform further comprises a front edge, wherein the device further comprises a wall support saddle secured at the rear edge of the platform, and wherein the first strut member is secured to the wall support saddle.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the backing brace member comprises a first segment extending substantially vertically from the platform to a first segment top end, and further comprises a second segment extending from the first strut member to the first segment top end.
5. The device of claim 4, wherein the second segment extends downwardly from the first strut member to the first segment top end at an angle of between thirty and fifty degrees from the first strut member.
6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a saddle bracket secured to the first strut member for securing the first strut member to the barricade wall.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the platform comprises a plurality of platforms, wherein the first strut member comprises a plurality of first strut members and wherein each of the plurality of first strut members is secured to a respective one of the plurality of platforms.
8. The device of claim 7, further comprising a second strut member, wherein the second strut member is secured to at least two of the plurality of platforms.
9. The device of claim 7, further comprising a cross strut secured to at least two of the plurality of first strut members.
10. The device of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of backing brace members, wherein each of the plurality of backing brace members comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each of the plurality of backing brace members is secured to a respective one of the plurality of first strut members and wherein the second end of each of the plurality of backing brace members is secured to the second strut member.
11. The device of claim 9, wherein the weight member comprises a plurality of weight members, wherein each of the plurality of weight members is positioned atop a respective one of the plurality of platforms.
12. A barricade device, comprising:
- a plurality of platforms, wherein each of the plurality of platforms comprises a top face and a bottom face;
- a rolling component secured to the bottom face of each of the plurality of platforms;
- a plurality of first strut members, wherein each of the plurality of first strut members is secured to a respective one of the plurality of platforms so as to extend substantially vertically from the respective one of the plurality of platforms;
- a second strut member secured to at least two of the plurality of platforms; and
- a barricade wall secured to the plurality of first strut members.
13. The device of claim 12, further comprising a weight member positioned on the top face of at least one of the plurality of platforms.
14. The device of claim 12, further comprising a backing brace member comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the backing brace member is secured to a first one of the plurality of first strut members and wherein the second end of the backing brace member is secured to the second strut member.
15. The device of claim 12, wherein the platform comprises a front edge and a rear edge, wherein the first strut member is secured to the rear edge and wherein the second strut member is secured to the front edge.
16. The device of claim 12, further comprising a cross strut secured to at least two of the plurality of first strut members.
17. The device of claim 12, further comprising a plurality of backing brace members, wherein each of the plurality of backing brace members comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each of the plurality of backing brace members is secured to a respective one of the plurality of first strut members and wherein the second end of each of the plurality of backing brace members is secured to the second strut member.
18. The device of claim 12, further comprising a plurality of base brackets, wherein each of the plurality of base brackets is secured to a respective one of the plurality of platforms, wherein each of the plurality of base brackets can receive the barricade wall.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 1, 2019
Publication Date: Jan 7, 2021
Inventors: Robert E. Putnam (Vero Beach, FL), Michael Kelleher (Murrieta, CA)
Application Number: 16/458,688