Patent ID: 7845877
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. An enhanced vehicle barrier system comprising: a first base and a second base, located on opposite sides of an area through which a vehicle may pass; a first arm and a second arm, each hingably mechanically coupled to the first base; a first member hingably mechanically coupled to the first arm and extending in a direction across the area through which a vehicle may pass; a second member hingably mechanically coupled to the second arm and hingably mechanically coupled to the second base; a third member hingably mechanically coupled to the first member and hingably mechanically coupled to the first base; a raising/lowering mechanism in mechanical communication with the first arm and the second arm; and a cable in mechanical communication with at least one of the first, second, and third members, the cable having connecting points located on opposite sides of the area through which a vehicle may pass, wherein the raising/lowering mechanism moves the first and second arms, thereby moving the first, second, and third members, and the cable between a first position and a second position, and wherein, when in the second position, at least portions of the first, second, and third members and the cable are high enough to encounter a front of a vehicle.