Road barricade weight device

Abstract

A barricade weight device that is configured to be superposed a barricade and subsequently filled with a material adding weight thereto in order to assist in maintaining a desired position of the barricade. The present invention includes a body wherein the body is comprised of a first compartment and a second compartment having an upper support member operably intermediate thereto. The first compartment and the second compartment are identically constructed having a plurality of walls and a bottom forming an interior volume having an opening providing access thereto. The first compartment and the second compartment are manufactured to be tapered in form so as to facilitate stacking thereof. The first compartment and second compartment can be equipped with drain members operable to remove any liquid disposed within the interior volumes of the first compartment and the second compartment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A barricade weight device configured to be operably coupled to a barricade so as to provide additional weight thereto wherein the barricade weight device comprises:
 a body, said body having a first compartment and a second compartment, said first compartment having at least one wall and a bottom integrally formed to create an interior volume, said first compartment having an opening proximate an upper end thereof providing access to said interior volume, said second compartment having at least one wall and a bottom forming an interior volume, said second compartment having an opening proximate an upper end of said second compartment providing access to said interior volume of said second compartment, said body further having an upper support member, said upper support member having a first end and a second end, said upper support member coupled to said upper end of said first compartment and said upper end of said second compartment; and   wherein said first compartment and said second compartment are disposed on opposing sides of a longitudinal member of the barricade.   
     
     
         2 . The barricade weight device configured to be operably coupled to a barricade as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said first compartment has a width at said upper end of said first compartment that is greater than a width of said first compartment at a lower end thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The barricade weight device configured to be operably coupled to a barricade as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said first compartment further includes a drain member, said drain member being formed in said bottom of said first compartment. 
     
     
         4 . The barricade weight device configured to be operably coupled to a barricade as recited in  claim 3 , wherein said second compartment has a width at said upper end of said second compartment that is greater than a width of said second compartment at a lower end thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The barricade weight device configured to be operably coupled to a barricade as recited in  claim 4 , wherein said second compartment further includes a drain member, said drain member of said second compartment being formed in said bottom of said first compartment. 
     
     
         6 . The barricade weight device configured to be operably coupled to a barricade as recited in  claim 5 , wherein said body is manufactured from plastic.