Patent ID: 8864108

Claim:
A vehicle impact barrier comprising at least first and second longitudinally extending barrier sections, each barrier section including a base of sufficient width for the barrier section to be freestanding, the first barrier section-including a first connecting assembly at one or both ends thereof, the second barrier section including a second connecting assembly at one or both ends thereof, the first and second connecting assemblies each comprising at least a first and second connecting-region, respectively; wherein the first connecting-region is positioned for engagement with the second connecting-region, each connecting-region having longitudinally-spaced inner and outer holes extending therethrough; the first connecting-region being configured to engage with the second connecting-region via a two-pronged connecting device, each prong being insertable vertically through one of said inner and outer holes of said first and second connecting-regions, wherein the first connecting-region is movable longitudinally between a first position and a second position relative to the second connecting-region, wherein in said first position: the inner and outer holes of said first connecting region are aligned with the outer and inner holes of said second connecting region, respectively, and the connecting device is connected through both sets of inner and outer holes such that the first and second connecting-regions are interlocked and non-pivotable relative to each other; and side surfaces of said barrier sections are substantially co-planar, and wherein in said second position: an end face of the first connecting-region and a contact face of the second barrier section are longitudinally displaced from each other; the outer holes are aligned and the connecting device is inserted with one prong extending through the aligned outer holes, such that the barrier sections pivot relative to each other; and said pivotable movement is limited by abutment between outer edges of the end face of the first connecting-region with the contact face of the second barrier section.