Articulated arm barrier

Articulated arm barrier, closed

An articulated arm barrier is a barrier whose boom kinks at a 90 ° angle . Among other things, the articulated arm barrier is also called the parking garage barrier because it is most often used in parking garages. They are used in parking garages for reasons of space: because of the low height of the cars, the ceilings are usually very low. Since articulated arm barriers need a maximum distance of 5 cm from the ceiling, the ceilings do not have to be built much higher than the cars.

Articulated arm barriers are also used in parking lots to prevent trucks from passing through .