ES1198158U - Security bollard (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Security bollard, of the type of those constituted by an object that when deposited on the ground constitutes an obstacle sufficient to stop and resist the impact of a truck at a certain speed, characterized because it is constituted by a body (1) , voluminous and heavy, which takes the form of an object of urban furniture (such as a flowerpot, or a statue), provided with autonomous means of movement, by means of wheels (3, 4) retractable that when placing the bollard in the desired place they are retracted so that they rest directly on the ground. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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DESCRIPTION

Security Bollard

Object of the invention

The invention, as its title indicates, refers to a bollard capable of reducing a vehicle, preventing it from crossing the line in which it is located and thus allowing it to invade a public space in order to carry out an attack.

Background of the invention

Since a truck ended the life of 84 people in Nice, several European cities decided to take various security measures to combat these types of attacks. These measures have focused on the placement of various obstacles, which must be bulky and heavy in order to resist the impact of a truck without moving from the place and without overcoming them; planters, bollards, even heavy vehicles are usually being used, placed in strategic places of access to squares, pedestrian streets, or any enclosures in which events take place, or that for other reasons there is a large agglomeration of people at any given time.

The problem presented by the means currently used is that they are either static objects, such as planters, or they do not have the sufficient capacity to absorb a great impact, for example, the one that can cause a truck on a common bollard they use to delimit the sidewalks, and the only mobile obstacles are constituted by heavy vehicles interposed, but these are of difficult maneuverability by the old areas of the cities (which on the other hand are usually places of large agglomerations) and their presence in a pedestrian street It gives pedestrians a sense of insecurity.

Description of the invention

The security bollard of the invention solves these problems, since it is a bulky and heavy object, which can have any form of urban furniture, such as a flower pot or a statue, which when deposited on the ground constitutes a sufficient obstacle as to stop and resist the impact of a truck at a certain speed, but it also has autonomous means of displacement, which allow it to move to its

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location, or change it at any given time without using a crane or any other means of transport.

Optionally, this bollard also has means for anchoring to the ground, for example by means of a second retractable bollard that strikes the base of the ground, making a stop to ensure its immobility.

Preferably this bollard is autonomically autonomous, for this it has a solar panel, which loads a battery that drives a motor that turns lower wheels. These wheels are retractable, so that when placing the bollard in the desired place it rests directly on the ground, so that it meets the functionality described above.

Description of the figures

To complement the description that is being made and in order to facilitate the understanding of the features of the invention, a set of drawings is attached to the present specification in which, with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, the following has been represented:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation view of a security bollard (1).

Figure 2 corresponds to a front elevation view of the same bollard (1).

Figure 3 shows a detail of the retractable bollard (5), protruding from the ground to retain and immobilize the security bollard (1).

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

As can be seen in the referenced figures, the security bollard of the invention is constituted by an object (1) which, when deposited on the ground, constitutes a sufficient obstacle to stop and resist the impact of a truck at a certain speed. This body (1), bulky and heavy, takes the form of an object of urban furniture (such as a flower pot, or a statue) so that it is integrated as an object among those that are usually located on the street or on the sidewalk. Lowerly it is provided with autonomous means of movement, which move lower wheels (3, 4), which have the particularity of being retractable in order to allow the movement of the

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bollard (1), or, once this is located in the desired place, to retract so that the base of said bollard rests directly on the ground (2), thus fulfilling the purpose for which it is intended.

The bollard (1) has lower ground anchoring means (2), which in the example shown are constituted by a second retractable bollard (5), which affects the base of the security bollard (1), acting as a stop for Ensure your immobility. For this purpose, the bollard (1) has a hole or a front window (8) in which the retractable bollard (5) hits when it emerges above the ground (2).

In the figures it can be seen that the bollard (1) has a mast (7), which superiorly supports a solar panel (6). The purpose of this solar panel (6) is to capture energy to charge a battery that drives a motor that turns lower wheels (3, 4). All these actuation means, for the movement of the bollard (1), are conventional and are located inside the bollard (1).

It is also provided that at least one of the support wheels (3) is directional, so that the movement of the bollard (1) is guided, manually or by means of an electronic control.

Once the nature of the invention has been sufficiently described, as well as an example of preferred realization, it is stated to the appropriate effects that the materials, shape, size and disposition of the described elements may be modified, provided that this does not imply an alteration of the essential characteristics of the invention that are claimed below:

Claims (5)

1. - Security bollard, of the type constituted by an object that when deposited on the ground constitutes a sufficient obstacle to stop and resist the impact of a 5 truck at a certain speed, which is characterized by a bulky and heavy body (1), which takes the form of an object of urban furniture (such as a flower pot, or a statue), provided with autonomous means of displacement, by means of retractable wheels (3, 4) that, when placing the bollard in the desired place, retract so that it rests directly on the ground. 10 2. - Security bollard, according to claim 1, characterized in that it has lower ground anchoring means (2). 3. - Security bollard, according to claim 2, characterized in that the ground anchoring means (2) are constituted by a second retractable bollard (5), which it affects the base of the security bollard (1), making a stop to ensure its immobility. 4. - Security bollard, according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a solar panel (6), which charges a battery that drives a motor that rotates wheels 20 lower (3, 4). 5. - Security bollard, according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the support wheels (3) is directional. 25