US Patent 10227742 Anti-ram sliding crash gate

A crash gate assembly includes a buttress post assembly secured in the ground and having two vertical buttress posts forming a barrier passage, a latch post assembly secured in the ground on the opposite side of a roadway from the buttress post assembly, the latch post assembly including two vertical latch posts forming a gap, and a barrier including a horizontal gate beam disposed in the barrier passage and extending from a buttress end to a latch end, the barrier slidingly positioned in a closed position with the barrier extending across the roadway and the latch end disposed in the latch gap.