Counterweight deployable vehicle barrier

A deployable vehicle barrier, the barrier comprising:

• an upper structure having opposed first and second sidewalls and a top plate and a bottom plate forming a vertical passage;
• opposed legs extending vertically downward from the bottom plate, each of the legs having a channel;
• a bollard disposed in the passage;
• parallel plates each having a vertical section inside of the bollard and a horizontal section positioned outside of a bottom end of the bollard with the horizontal sections located in the channels;
• a first belt connector attached to and extending normal to a first horizontal section of the horizontal sections;
• a second belt connector attached to and extending normal to a second horizontal section of the horizontal sections in an opposite direction from the first belt connector;
• a first counterweight positioned below the first sidewall;
• a first belt attached to the first belt connector, the first sidewall via a first pulley, and the first counterweight;
• a second counterweight positioned below the second sidewall;
• a second belt attached to the second belt connector, the second sidewall via a second pulley, and the second counterweight;
• and
• a motor coupled to first belt.

A bollard, comprising:

• a steel tubular;
• a first plate having a first vertical section inside of the steel tubular and a first horizontal section positioned outside of a bottom end of the steel tubular;
• and
• a second plate having a second vertical section inside of the steel tubular and a second horizontal section positioned outside of the bottom end of the steel tubular.