Anti-ram vehicle barrier system
AssigneeBetafence Corporate Services NV
InventorWilliam H. Neusch
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Abstract
An anti-ram vehicle barrier system adapted to arrest an impacting vehicle of substantial mass within a selected distance of the barrier. The barrier system includes a fence portion and/or a gate for selectively allowing passage through an entry port. The fence portion includes a pair of terminal posts positioned in and secured to the ground in a spaced apart relationship and cables connected between the terminal posts. The gate includes a cable extending across a panel that is connected on opposing ends to opposing posts positioned on opposite sides of the entry point. For passage the panel is moved relative to the posts and to the ground.
Claims19
A vehicle barrier system, the system comprising:
- a first and a second elongated terminal post positioned in and secured to a ground in a spaced apart relationship;
- three cables, each cable having a first terminal end connected the first terminal post and a second terminal end connected to the second terminal post, the three cables held in tension a distance above a grade of the ground and vertically spaced apart from one another in relation to the grade;
- a line post secured in the ground and positioned between the first and the second terminal post, the line post holding a portion of each of the cables;
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- three open tracks formed by the line post, each of the open tracks being at least as long in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the line post as in a direction parallel to the orientation of the line post;
- wherein each of the open tracks disposes one of the three cables.
A vehicle barrier, comprising:
- a first terminal post and a second elongated terminal post positioned in and secured to a ground in a spaced apart relationship, the first and second elongated terminal posts extending vertically above the ground;
- a cable having a first terminal end terminating at the first terminal post and connected to the first terminal post and a second terminal end terminating at the second terminal post and connected to the second terminal post, the cable held in tension between the first and the second terminal post a distance above the grade of the ground in a manner such that an identified portion of an impacting vehicle is stopped within a selected distance of the cable;
- a line post positioned between the first terminal post and the second terminal post, the line post holding a portion of the cable;
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- an open track formed by the line post, the open track being at least as long in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the line post as in a direction parallel to the orientation of the line post;
- wherein the open track disposes the cable.
A vehicle barrier, comprising:
- a first elongated terminal post and a second elongated terminal post positioned in and secured to a ground in a spaced apart relationship, the elongated terminal posts extending vertically above the ground;
- a cable having a first terminal end terminating at and connected to the first elongated terminal post and a second terminal end terminating at and connected to the second elongated terminal post, the cable held in tension between the first and the second elongated terminal post a distance above the grade of the ground in a manner such that an identified portion of an impacting vehicle is stopped within a selected distance of the cable;
- a line post positioned between the first elongated terminal post and the second elongated terminal post, the line post comprising an internal cavity and an opening formed through opposing sidewalls of the line post, the cable extending through the opening, wherein the opening does not extend to a top end of the line post;
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- an open track formed by the line post, the open track being at least as long in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the line post as in a direction parallel to the orientation of the line post;
- wherein the open track disposes the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.