FIXTURE WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS CONTROL

• US 20090119997A1
• Filed: 11/09/2007
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rob Jason Evans
• Original Assignee: Rob Jason Evans
• Inventors: Evans, Rob Jason
• Application Number:
  US11/938,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119997A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/49
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 13/06 by swinging into open position about a vertical or horizontal axis parallel to the road direction, i.e. swinging gates

Abstract

A fixture includes a support structure having a flexible arm which carries an input device. The input device is in communication with a moveable vehicle barrier and controls its operation. The flexible arm flexes in response to an applied force so that the input device can move if it is engaged by a vehicle.

Claims

1. A fixture, comprising:

a support structure which includes a flexible arm; and

an input device carried by the flexible arm, the input device being moveable in response to moving the flexible arm between flexed and unflexed positions;

wherein the input device is in communication with a moveable vehicle barrier.

2. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the support structure includes a light directed at the input device.

3. The fixture of claim 1, further including a cable which extends through the flexible arm, the input device and moveable vehicle barrier being in communication through the cable.

4. The fixture of claim 3, wherein the moveable vehicle barrier is repeatably moveable between open and closed positions in response to a control signal from the input device.

5. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the flexible arm is repeatably moveable between the flexed and unflexed positions.

6. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the flexible arm moves between the flexed and unflexed positions in response to the input device engaging and disengaging, respectively, a vehicle.

7. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the input device and flexible arm are hermetically sealed when the flexible arm is in the flexed and unflexed positions.

8. A fixture, comprising:

a support structure which includes an outwardly extending flexible arm; and

an input device carried by the flexible arm, wherein the flexible arm moves between flexed and unflexed positions in response to the input device engaging and disengaging, respectively, a vehicle.

9. The fixture of claim 8, wherein the support structure is positioned proximate to a curb and the vehicle can engage the input device without engaging the curb.

10. The fixture of claim 9, wherein the flexible arm extends over the curb.

11. The fixture of claim 8, wherein the flexible arm is repeatably moveable between the flexed and unflexed positions.

12. The fixture of claim 8, wherein the input device is in communication with a moveable vehicle barrier.

13. The fixture of claim 12, wherein the input device flows a control signal through the flexible arm to a moveable vehicle barrier in response to a desired input.

14. The fixture of claim 8, wherein the input device and flexible arm are hermetically sealed.

15. A method of controlling a moveable vehicle barrier, comprising:

providing a support structure which includes a flexible arm;

mounting an input device so it is carried by the flexible arm, the input device being moveable in response to moving the flexible arm between flexed and unflexed positions; and

establishing communication between the input device and moveable vehicle barrier.

16. The method of claim 15, further including mounting a light so it is carried by the support structure and directed at the input device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of establishing communication between the input device and moveable vehicle barrier includes positioning a cable so it is carried by the flexible arm.

18. The method of claim 15, further including moving the moveable vehicle barrier between open and closed positions in response to a control signal from the input device.

19. The method of claim 15, further including repeatably moving the flexible arm between the flexed and unflexed positions.

20. The method of claim 15, further including positioning the support structure so the flexible arm extends over a curb.

21. The method of claim 20, further including positioning the support structure so a vehicle can engage the input device without engaging the curb.

22. A method of installing a vehicle access system, comprising:

providing a first input device in communication with a moveable vehicle barrier; and

replacing the first input device with a second input device carried by a flexible arm.

23. A method of installing a vehicle access system, comprising:

providing a support structure which includes a flexible arm;

attaching an input device to the flexible arm; and

establishing communication between the input device and a moveable vehicle barrier.