US 7,585,127 B2
Roadside post
Boydan Joseph Mudryk, New South Wales (Australia); and Garry David Campbell, New South Wales (Australia)
Assigned to Delnorth Pty. Ltd., New South Wales (Australia)
Appl. No. 10/561,123
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2004, PCT No. PCT/AU2004/000772
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 19, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/113619, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0053744 A1, Mar. 08, 2007
Int. Cl. E01F 9/00 (2006.01); E01F 9/011 (2006.01); E01F 9/017 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 404—10  [404/9] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roadside post comprising:
an elongate body formed of a single sheet of spring steel, said body having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis transverse to said longitudinal axis, a body front face and a body rear face, said body front and rear faces transversely extending generally parallel to said transverse axis, said body being elastically bendable through 90 degrees from an unbent state about said transverse axis, said body formed with a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs, each rib having an apex separated from the apex of an adjacent rib by a trough; and
a surface coating applied to said body front and rear faces and respectively providing an exposed front surface and an exposed rear surface of said roadside post.