Gandy dancer: end piece for crash cushion or rail end treatment

dc.creator	Mak, King K.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-17T16:54:35Z
dc.date.available	2019-06-17T16:54:35Z
dc.date.issued	1994-09-20
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/176511
dc.description.abstract	A method of cushioning highway vehicle impacts and an improved end piece for a highway crash cushion or rail end treatment for concrete barriers or for guard rail terminals. The end piece has means to trap the bumper or other forward elements of an impacting vehicle. Additionally, the end piece is slidably mounted to traverse along a linear guide track or curvilinear guard rail during the progress of the collision as the vehicle is decelerated from contact velocity to a stop.	en
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	United States. Patent and Trademark Office
dc.rights	Public Domain (No copyright - United States)	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
dc.title	Gandy dancer: end piece for crash cushion or rail end treatment	en
dc.type	Utility patent	en
dc.format.digitalOrigin	reformatted digital	en
dc.description.country	US
dc.contributor.assignee	The Texas A&M University System
dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber	07/864848
dc.subject.uspcprimary	404/6
dc.subject.uspcother	256/13.1
dc.date.filed	1992-04-07
dc.publisher.digital	Texas A&M University. Libraries
dc.subject.cpcprimary	E01F 15/0438
dc.subject.cpcprimary	E01F 15/143
dc.subject.cpcprimary	E01F 15/146