Anti-ram sliding crash gate
AssigneeNeusch Innovations, LP
InventorWilliam H. Neusch
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Abstract
A crash gate assembly includes a buttress post assembly secured in the ground and having two vertical buttress posts forming a barrier passage, a latch post assembly secured in the ground on the opposite side of a roadway from the buttress post assembly, the latch post assembly including two vertical latch posts forming a gap, and a barrier including a horizontal gate beam disposed in the barrier passage and extending from a buttress end to a latch end, the barrier slidingly positioned in a closed position with the barrier extending across the roadway and the latch end disposed in the latch gap.
Claims20
A crash gate assembly, comprising:
- a buttress post assembly secured in the ground, the buttress post assembly including two buttress posts forming a barrier passage;
- a latch post assembly secured in the ground on the opposite side of a roadway from the buttress post assembly, the latch post assembly comprising two latch posts forming a gap;
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- a barrier including a horizontal gate beam disposed in the barrier passage and extending from a buttress end to a latch end, the barrier slidingly positioned in a closed position with the barrier extending across the roadway and the latch end disposed in the latch gap.
A method of mounting a crash gate assembly, comprising:
- providing a barrier comprising a rectangular frame including a horizontal gate beam extending from a buttress end to a latch end;
- securing a buttress post assembly and a latch post assembly on opposite sides of a roadway, wherein the buttress post assembly comprises two vertical buttress posts forming a barrier passage, and the latch post assembly comprises two vertical latch posts forming a gap;
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- mounting the barrier in the barrier passage and on a sliding mechanism between the buttress post assembly and the latch post assembly, in a closed position the barrier extending across the roadway with the latch end positioned in the latch gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.