RAPID DEPLOYMENT BARRIER SYSTEM

摘要

A rapid deployment barrier which is specifically configured and adapted to be easily transitionable between a stowed configuration during storage and transport, and a deployed configuration when constructing the barrier. The barrier may be transitioned between the stowed and deployed configuration at the site of the needed barrier, and may be filled with a wide variety of readily available filling material, including the medium for which the barrier may be intended to blockade

主权项

1. A kit for a rapid deployment barrier, the kit comprising:
a pair of barrier units configured to be selectively deployable adjacent to each other to collectively define a barrier, each barrier unit comprising:
a peripheral wall having opposed internal and external surface, the internal surface defining an inner opening, the peripheral wall being transitional between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, opposed portions of the peripheral wall moving away from each other as the peripheral wall transitions from the folded configuration toward the expanded configuration;a base panel positionable in the inner opening in generally orthogonal relation to the peripheral wall when the peripheral wall is in the expanded configuration, the base panel being configured to maintain the peripheral wall in the expanded configuration when positioned in the inner opening in generally orthogonal relation to the peripheral wall;an end cap having opposed internal and external surfaces and being engageable with the peripheral wall and configured to cover the inner opening when the peripheral wall is in the expanded configuration;a first water resistant liner having a closed end portion positionable over the external surfaces of the peripheral wall and the end cap when engaged with the peripheral wall; anda second water resistant liner having a closed end portion positionable over internal surfaces of the peripheral wall and the end cap when engaged with the peripheral wall;each barrier unit being selectively transitional between:
a stowed configuration wherein the peripheral wall is in the collapsed configuration; anda deployed configuration, wherein the peripheral wall is in the expanded configuration, the base panel is positioned in generally orthogonal relation to the peripheral wall, the end cap is positioned over the inner opening, and the first and second water resistant liners are positioned over external and internal surfaces of the peripheral wall, respectively; and a strap disposable and tightenable about the pair of barrier units when the pair of barrier units are in the deployed configuration to apply a compressive force on the pair of barrier units to urge the pair of barrier units toward each other.