Highway guard rail support made from tires

Abstract

A guard rail support that connects a guard rail and guard rail post. The guard rail support has tire planks made from recycled or new vehicle tires. The preferred method is to bond them together to form a block and then drill a hole therein. The dimensions of the length, width, thickness and the diameter of the hole or holes are made so as to comply with the specific Federal Highway Administration's (FHA) regulations. The guard rail support provides for a more cost effective product and better method to deal with the effects of the weather than is presently employed in the current national highway system. The guard rail support is built and tested to the specific rules and specification of the FHA.

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       13 . A highway guard rail support made from tires, comprising: 
 at least one tire plank wherein the length of said tire plank is between 13 and 15 inches, the thickness of said tire plank is between 5 and 7 inches, the width of said tire plank is between 5 and 7 inches and said tire plank has a hole therein that has a diameter of about three-fourths of an inch.    
   
   
       14 . A highway guard rail support made from tires as defined in  claim 13  wherein said hole of said tire plank is about one and one-half inches from a side of said tire plank.  
   
   
       15 . A highway guard rail support made from tires, comprising: 
 two or more tire planks bonded together to form a block;    said block is between 13 and 15 inches, with a thickness between 5 and 7 inches, with a width between 5 and 7 inches and said block has a hole therein that has a diameter of about three-fourths of an inch.    
   
   
       16 . A highway guard rail support made from tires as defined in  claim 15  wherein said hole of said block is about one and one-half inches from a side of said block.  
   
   
       17 . A highway guard rail support made from tires as defined in  claim 15  further comprising two additional 0.4 inches wide by 0.4 inches thick strips of said tire planks placed approximately 15 inches apart on the front surface of said block wherein one side of each of said thick strip to be flushed with one side of said block so as to increase said thickness of the sides of said block by approximately 0.4 inches.