ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,754, issued on May 27.
"Counterweight deployable vehicle barrier" was invented by William H. Neusch (Marble Falls, Texas) and Peter Lewellen (Bertram, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable vehicle barrier includes an upper structure forming a vertical passage, opposed legs extending vertically downward from the upper structure, each of the legs having a channel, a bollard disposed in the passage, parallel plates having a vertical section inside of the bollard and a horizontal section positioned outside of a bottom end of the bollard with the horizontal sections located in the channels, a first belt connector attached to a...