Patents by Inventor W. Lynn Beason

W. Lynn Beason has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5295757
    Abstract: A safety end barrier for use in coordination with roadside barriers. The safety end barrier lies substantially parallel to the direction of traffic flow and increases in height from about natural ground level at its lower end. The end barrier has sidewalls which angle upwardly outward from the barrier base. The taller end of the end barrier is preferably connected to a concrete roadside barrier through apertures extending from a recessed trough to the end of the safety end barrier. Preferably, bolts with two threaded ends, insertable through the apertures and secured by corresponding nuts, are used as connecting devices to connect the end barrier to a concrete roadside barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Don L. Ivey, Hayes E. Ross, Jr., W. Lynn Beason
  • Patent number: 5156485
    Abstract: A low profile road barrier that minimizes obstruction to vision and the ramping and rolling of automobiles which may be comprised of one or more interconnected concrete barrier segments stationed along the road or cast in place. The road barrier usually lies substantially parallel to the direction of traffic, may be up to about 24 inches in height and has a sidewall facing toward the road which angles outwardly from the barrier base. Abutting ends of contiguous segments are interconnected by economic, easily installed and removed devices, which preferably comprise bolts with two threaded ends insertable through apertures in the segment ends secured by corresponding nuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Texas A & M University
    Inventors: Don L. Ivey, Hayes E. Ross, W. Lynn Beason