Bollard System
A bollard system according to the invention comprises a mounting device and a pole. The mounting device has a mounting body defining a pole receiving passageway and a mounting attachment device disposed on the mounting body. The pole has a pole attachment device disposed on an insertion end of the pole. The pole attachment device removably engages the mounting attachment device to secure the pole within the pole receiving passageway.
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The present invention relates to a bollard system according to the invention and, more particularly, to a bollard system according to the invention having a removable pole.
BACKGROUNDBollards known in the art are poles used to form a barrier in various applications including road closures and the protection of road-adjacent elements. Known bollards are typically permanently mounted on a surface by bolt fasteners or are set in concrete under the surface. Known bollards are difficult to install, requiring pre-installation of an element to attach to the fasteners or the labor-intensive concrete setting, and further, are not removable once installed.
SUMMARYA bollard system according to the invention is provided and generally includes a mounting device and a pole. The mounting device has a mounting body defining a pole receiving passageway and a mounting attachment device disposed on the mounting body. The pole has a pole attachment device disposed on an insertion end of the pole. The pole attachment device removably engages the mounting attachment device to secure the pole within the pole receiving passageway.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying figures, of which:
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described hereinafter in detail with reference to the attached drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that the present disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
An exemplary embodiment of a bollard system according to the invention is shown in
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the pole 100, as shown in
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the mounting device 200, as shown in
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the mounting body 210 is a cylindrical member having a surface end 212 and an opposite embedded end 214 along a longitudinal direction M of the mounting device 200. The mounting body 210 is hollow and defines a pole receiving passageway 216 having a cylindrical profile in the embodiment shown. The mounting body 210 may be formed from a metal, such as aluminum or steel, or may be formed from a plastic material, such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the mounting attachment device 220 is disposed on the mounting body 210. In the embodiment shown in
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the flange 230, as shown in
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the drill bit 240, as shown in
Installation of the bollard system according to the invention according of the invention will be described in greater detail with reference to
A user places the drill bit 240 of the mounting device 200 on the ground surface 310 with the longitudinal direction M aligned with an insertion direction I and, using a tool or manually, turns the drill bit 240 along a rotation direction R. The drill bit 240 displaces material of the ground surface 310 and ground 300 when rotated along the rotation direction R and moves along the insertion direction I, creating a bollard passageway 320 in the ground 300 as shown in
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the pole 100 is then inserted into the mounting device 200. The pole 100 is moved along the insertion direction I and the insertion end 120 of the pole 100 is introduced into the pole receiving passageway 216 of the mounting device 200. The pole attachment device 130 engages the mounting attachment device 220 during insertion. In the embodiment shown in
In the fully inserted position of the pole 100 in the mounting device 200 shown in
The bollard system according to the invention may be used in a variety of barrier applications. In an embodiment, the bollard system according to the invention is used to create a roadblock for a temporary road closure; in this embodiment, the ground 300 is commonly concrete, the pole 100 and mounting device 200 are formed of a metal material, and the pole 100 and mounting body 210 have a larger diameter. In another embodiment, the bollard system according to the invention is used to protect a curb or other road-adjacent element from, for example, a snow plow; in this embodiment, the ground 300 is commonly concrete, the mounting device 200 is formed of a metal material, the pole 100 is formed of a plastic material, and the pole 100 and mounting body 210 have a smaller diameter. In another embodiment, the bollard system according to the invention is used to create a pedestrian barrier at, for example, an outdoor festival; in this embodiment, the ground 300 is commonly soil, the pole 100 and mounting device 200 are formed of a plastic material, and the pole 100 and mounting body 210 have a smallest diameter. In any embodiment, a plurality of bollard system according to the inventions may be installed aligned to create an elongated barrier. One with ordinary skill in the art would understand that these embodiments are merely exemplary and other combinations of materials and sizes of the pole 100 and mounting device 200 may be used.
Whenever the user does not require the barrier protection of the bollard system according to the invention, the user may remove the pole 100 from the mounting device 200. As described above, the pole attachment device 130 is disengageable from the mounting attachment device 220; in the shown embodiment the user first turns the pole 100 counter to the rotation direction R before moving the pole 100 counter to the insertion direction I, moving the locking protrusions 132 along the protrusion receiving passageways 222. The pole 100 is thus removed from the mounting device 200, exposing the pole receiving passageway 216 as shown in
In an embodiment of the invention, a plug 400, shown in
A bollard system according to the invention according to another embodiment of the invention is shown in
In an embodiment of the invention, shown in
The bollard system according to the invention shown in
The foregoing illustrates some of the possibilities for practicing the invention. Many other embodiments are possible within the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, more or less of the aforementioned components can be used to conform to that particular purpose. It is, therefore, intended that the foregoing description be regarded as illustrative rather than limiting, and that the scope of the invention is given by the appended claims together with their full range of equivalents.
Claims
1. A bollard system, comprising:
- a mounting device having a mounting body defining a pole receiving passageway and a mounting attachment device disposed on the mounting body; and
- a pole having a pole attachment device disposed on an insertion end of the pole, the pole attachment device removably engaging the mounting attachment device to secure the pole within the pole receiving passageway.
2. The bollard system according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinal direction of the pole extends parallel to an insertion direction of the pole into the pole receiving passageway.
3. The bollard system according to claim 2, wherein a free end of the pole opposite the insertion end of the pole protrudes from the mounting device along the longitudinal direction of the pole when the pole is fully inserted into the mounting device.
4. The bollard system according to claim 1, wherein the pole attachment device is a pair of locking protrusions disposed opposite one another on the pole.
5. The bollard system according to claim 4, wherein the mounting attachment device is a pair of protrusion receiving passageways extending through the mounting body opposite one another and communicating with the pole receiving passageway.
6. The bollard system according to claim 5, wherein each protrusion receiving passageway has an approximate L-shape, extending from a surface end of the mounting body in a longitudinal direction of the mounting body and turning in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the mounting body prior to reaching an embedded end of the mounting body opposite the surface end.
7. The bollard system according to claim 5, wherein each locking protrusion is disposed in one protrusion receiving passageway and the pole is secured to the mounting device by both a linear movement along an insertion direction and a rotational movement along a rotation direction.
8. The bollard system according to claim 1, wherein the pole attachment device is a pole thread extending circumferentially around the pole.
9. The bollard system according to claim 8, wherein the mounting attachment device is a mounting thread extending circumferentially around an interior surface of the mounting body.
10. The bollard system according to claim 1, the mounting device has a flange disposed on a surface end of the mounting body.
11. The bollard system according to claim 10, wherein the flange contacts a ground surface of a ground.
12. The bollard system according to claim 11, wherein the mounting body is disposed in a bollard passageway extending through the ground surface and into the ground.
13. The bollard system according to claim 12, wherein the mounting device has a drill bit attached to an embedded end of the mounting body opposite the surface end of the mounting body.
14. The bollard system according to claim 13, wherein the drill bit provides the bollard passageway in the ground.
15. The bollard system according to claim 13, wherein the mounting device is monolithically formed of a metal or plastic material.
16. The bollard system according to claim 11, further comprising a plug removably disposed in the pole receiving passageway when the pole is not inserted into the pole receiving passageway.
17. The bollard system according to claim 16, wherein the plug forms a continuous, planar surface with the flange along the ground surface when the plug is disposed in the pole receiving passageway.
18. The bollard system according to claim 1, wherein the pole is an elongated cylindrical member formed of a metal or plastic material.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 1, 2018
Publication Date: Dec 5, 2019
Applicant: Wiesman Holdings, LLC (York, PA)
Inventor: Jon Wiesman (York, PA)
Application Number: 15/995,689