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Offset block and supporting post for roadway guardrail
   
Document Number
US Patent 6007269
Issued Date
December 28, 1999
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A roadway guardrail system including a longitudinally extending guardrail supported by an array of spaced apart vertically mounted supporting posts and associated offset block whereas the supporting posts and/or the offset blocks are I beam shaped members.
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Owner
Marinelli; John (Toledo, OH)
Published
December 28, 1999
Application Number
09/080,359
Filed
January 12, 1998
US Classification
404/6   256/13.1 52/DIG.9
Int'l Classification
E01F   15/04   (20060101)   E01F   15/02   (20060101)  
Parent Case
This is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/744,547, filed Nov. 6, 1996, now abandoned.
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404/6   404/9   256/1   256/13.1   256/19   52/DIG.7   52/DIG.8   52/DIG.9  
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