Beam connection device
AssigneeHill & Smith Limited
InventorJeremy Delot
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Abstract
Disclosed is a barrier, comprising: a plurality of posts; a first beam and a second beam arranged in an end-on relation to one another and extending between respective posts of the plurality of posts, wherein the first beam and second beam are longitudinally displaceable with respect to one another; and, an articulating link connecting the first beam and the second beam, wherein the articulating link translates a longitudinal movement of the first beam in a first direction to a longitudinal movement of the second beam in a second direction.
Claims20
A barrier for inhibiting progression of a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of posts;
- a first beam and a second beam arranged in an end-on relation to one another and extending between respective posts of the plurality of posts, wherein the first beam and second beam are longitudinally displaceable with respect to one another;
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- an articulating link connecting and attached to the first beam and the second beam, wherein the articulating link is configured to rotate to translate a longitudinal, linear movement of the first beam in a first direction to a longitudinal, linear movement of the second beam in a second direction,
- wherein each of the first beam and the second beam are elongate and have a longitudinal axis and wherein the first and second directions are opposite to one another and along the respective longitudinal axes of the first beam and the second beam.
A barrier for inhibiting progression of a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of posts;
- a first beam having a first end and a second beam having a second end, the first and second beams arranged in an end-on relation to one another and extending between respective posts of the plurality of posts, wherein the first beam and second beam are longitudinally displaceable with respect to one another;
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- an articulating link mounted on a central post and connecting the first end of the first beam to the first end of the second beam, wherein the articulating link is configured to translate a force applied to the first beam at a point distant from the articulating link and causing longitudinal movement of the first beam in a first direction to a longitudinal movement of the second beam in a second direction,
- wherein each of the first beam and the second beam are elongate and have a respective first and second longitudinal axis and wherein the first and second directions are opposite to one another and along the respective first and second longitudinal axes of the first beam and the second beam.
A barrier for inhibiting progression of a vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of posts;
- an elongated first beam having a first longitudinal axis and an elongated second beam having a second longitudinal axis, the first and second beams arranged in an end-on relation to one another and extending between respective posts of the plurality of posts, wherein the first beam and second beam are longitudinally displaceable with respect to one another;
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- an articulating link connecting and attached to the first beam and the second beam, wherein the articulating link is configured to translate a longitudinal movement of the first beam in a first direction away from the articulating link to a longitudinal movement of the second beam in a second direction away from the articulating link when the longitudinal axes of the first and second beams are substantially colinear,
- wherein the first and second directions are opposite to one another and along the respective longitudinal axes of the first beam and the second beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.