# US 10,370,808 B2 · Modular vehicle barrier > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,370,808 B2 - Document ID: US10370808B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/104,714 - Filed: 2018-08-17 - Published: 2019-02-21 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-17 - Assignees: Neusch Innovations, LP - Applicants: Neusch Innovations, LP - Inventors: William H. Neusch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10370808B2 ## CPC - E01F 13/12: for forcibly arresting or disabling vehicles, e.g. spiked mats - E01F 13/02: free-standing; {portable, e.g. for guarding open manholes (E01F9/688 takes precedence); Portable signs or signals specially adapted for fitting to portable barriers} - E01F: ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE ## Abstract An exemplary modular vehicle barrier includes a rigid, generally L-shaped frame having a base and an upright portion. The base including two or more joists spaced apart and extending orthogonal to a foot plate, wherein the foot plate is attached to a bottom surface at a front end of the two or more joists, the upright portion configured in a ladder arrangement having spaced apart vertical posts secured at bottom ends to a bottom beam and at top ends to a top beam, wherein the bottom beam is attached to a top surface at a back end of the two or more joists, and a wedge point formed the bottom surface of the second end of the two or more joists. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A modular vehicle barrier, comprising: a rigid, generally L-shaped frame having a base and an upright portion; the base including two or more joists spaced apart and extending orthogonal to a foot plate, wherein the foot plate is attached to a bottom surface at a front end of the two or more joists; the upright portion configured in a ladder arrangement having spaced apart vertical posts secured at bottom ends to a bottom beam and at top ends to a top beam, wherein the bottom beam is attached to a top surface at a back end of the two or more joists; and a wedge point formed at the bottom surface of the back end of the two or more joists. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the upright portion is spaced forward of the wedge point toward the front end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein L-shaped frame has a lateral length of approximately 20 feet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the top beam is attached to top surfaces of the vertical posts whereby the top beam and the vertical posts extend in the same vertical plane. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the top beam is secured to a front face of the vertical posts such that the top beam and the vertical posts are aligned in different vertical planes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the foot plate elevates the front end of the two or more joists relative to the back end of the two or more joists. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the two or more joists, the vertical posts, the top beam, and the bottom beam are constructed of hollow tubular members and/or I-beams. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the generally L-shaped frame is configured to achieve a crash rating in accordance with ASTM F2656. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 8, wherein the upright portion is spaced forward of the wedge point toward the front end. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the generally L-shaped frame is crash-rated M30-P2 in accordance with ASTM F2656. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 10, wherein the upright portion is spaced forward of the wedge point toward the front end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the top beam is attached to top surfaces of the vertical posts whereby the top beam and the vertical posts extend in the same vertical plane; and the foot plate elevates the front end of the two or more joists relative to the back end of the two or more joists. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 12, wherein the two or more joists, the vertical posts, the top beam, and the bottom beam are constructed of hollow tubular members and/or I-beams. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the top beam is secured to a front face of the vertical posts such that the top beam and the vertical posts are aligned in different vertical planes; and the foot plate elevates the front end of the two or more joists relative to the back end of the two or more joists. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 14, wherein the two or more joists, the vertical posts, the top beam, and the bottom beam are constructed of hollow tubular members and/or I-beams. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 1, wherein the top beam is constructed of a hollow tubular member and further comprising: an extension arm that is slidably disposed in a first end of the top beam and configured to mate with an adjacent L-shaped frame; and the upright portion comprising a connector located on a second end opposite the first end, the connector adapted to attach to an extension arm and comprising vertically spaced apart plates. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The modular vehicle barrier of claim 16, wherein the foot plate elevates the front end of the two or more joists relative to the back end of the two or more joists; and the top beam and the vertical posts are aligned in a same vertical plane or the top beam and the vertical posts are aligned in different vertical planes. ### Claim 18 A method comprising: positioning a modular vehicle barrier (MVB) on a ground surface, the MVB comprising a rigid, generally L-shaped frame having a base positioned on the ground and an upright portion, the base including two or more joists spaced apart and extending orthogonal to a foot plate, wherein the foot plate is attached to a bottom surface at a front end of the two or more joists, the upright portion configured in a ladder arrangement having spaced apart vertical posts secured at bottom ends to a bottom beam and at top ends to a top beam, wherein the bottom beam is attached to a top surface at a back end of the two or more joists, and a wedge point formed at the bottom surface of the back end of the two or more joists. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising crashing a motor vehicle traveling in a direction from the front end to the back end into the upper portion; and stopping the vehicle within less than about 23 feet of the top beam to achieve a crash rating in accordance with ASTM F2656. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the motor vehicle was approximately 15,000 pounds and traveling at approximately 30 miles per hour when it impacts the upper portion.