Patent ID: 11933003
Assignee: HILL & SMITH LIMITED
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 19:
20. 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; and
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.