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Components and a system for limiting access and egress. A properly scaled barrier of the present invention meets varied requirements for applications that include: security, safety, order, privacy, and discipline. In one embodiment, pre-manufactured panels and connectors are delivered to a site that

Components and a system for limiting access and egress. A properly scaled barrier of the present invention meets varied requirements for applications that include: security, safety, order, privacy, and discipline. In one embodiment, pre-manufactured panels and connectors are delivered to a site that has been prepared for installation of the system. Local materials may be used for the panels in some cases. The panels and connectors can be assembled quickly by unskilled labor and, in some embodiments, the barrier just as quickly dismantled or repaired as necessary. One embodiment may be used as a temporary or emergency solution to access control while another may employ in-fill material to provide a permanent barrier. Another embodiment may be used in a residential setting, providing storage in some installations. In all embodiments, accessories for enhancing effectiveness may be installed on or within the barrier.

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We claim: 1. A section of a barrier, comprising: at least one connector having two ends, said connector to be incorporated entirely within the interior of said section of a barrier; a first structure, the first and second sides of which lie approximately in the same plane, said first structure hav

We claim: 1. A section of a barrier, comprising: at least one connector having two ends, said connector to be incorporated entirely within the interior of said section of a barrier; a first structure, the first and second sides of which lie approximately in the same plane, said first structure having a length measured along parallel first and second edges, a width measured along parallel third and fourth edges, and a thickness defining said first side and said second side, said first structure incorporating at least one receptor to which said connector is affixed upon said second side and further incorporating flanges along at least said first and second edges, said flanges suitable for establishing interconnections to said first structures so that all said surfaces of said first structures lie approximately in the same plane upon connection one to another said first structure; and a second structure, approximately identical in dimension and construction to said first structure, surfaces of said second structure lying approximately in the same plane upon connection one to another said second structure, said second structure further affixed to said first structure via said at least one said connector inserted into said receptors on said second sides of respective said first and second structures; and at least one connector holder incorporated in each said second side of said first and second structures, each said connector holder incorporating at least one said receptor, wherein respective said second sides of said first and second structures are faced one toward the other after tipping each said structure upon an established surface on either of said third or fourth edges and affixing each of said two ends of said connector to corresponding said receptors, thus holding apart said first and second structures to form said section, and wherein said sections are attached one to another via interlocking said flanges by overlapping said flanges and pulling in a direction generally parallel to said surfaces of said first and second structures, respectively, on each side of said section. 2. The section of claim 1, said first structure tilted toward said second structure at a first angle with respect to vertical and said second structure tilted toward said first structure at a second angle with respect to vertical, wherein said second angle equals said first angle. 3. The section of claim 2 in which said angles are each approximately 7째 front vertical. 4. The section of claim 1, said first structure tilted toward said second structure at a first angle with respect to vertical and said second structure tilted toward said first structure at a second angle with respect to vertical, wherein said second angle does not equal said first angle. 5. The section of claim 1 said length of said first structure affixed vertically at an approximately right angle with said established surface and said length of said second structure tipped towards said first structure to form said section. 6. The section of claim 1 in which said width is at least forty times said thickness and said length is at least two times said width. 7. The section of claim 1 in which said first and second structures are panels and said flanges comprise bends in said first edge toward a first one of said sides and bends in said second edge toward the other of said sides so that said bends put said first and second edges parallel to said sides of said panel. 8. The section of claim 5 in which said panels are of a length of at least 0.9 m (3 ft), a width of at least 0.3 m (1 ft), and a thickness of at least 1.5 mm ( 1/16 in.). 9. The section of claim 1 in which said at least one connector is a rod. 10. The section of 9 in which said rod incorporates a bend in said ends in the same direction at approximately 90째 to the long axis of said rod. 11. The section of claim 1 in which said first side of said structures comprises a smooth surface. 12. The section of claim 1, said first and second structures comprising materials selected from the group consisting essentially of: steel, stainless steel, a metal alloy, aluminum, a polymer, a resin, a composite, a carbon fiber, a laminate of at least two of above said materials, and any combination thereof. 13. The section of claim 1 further comprising a cap affixed to and covering the top of said section, wherein said cap may have auxiliary devices affixed thereto. 14. The section of claim 13 further comprising: a first flange, configured to be horizontal with respect to said surface upon installation of said section, on at least one of said third and fourth edges of each of said first and second structures, and at least one second flange, configured as said first flanges and disposed at the bottom of said cap, said second flanges sized to lock under said first flange when installing said cap, wherein should only one of said third and fourth edges comprise said first flange, and said cap with said second flanges is to be installed on said section, then said one of said third and fourth edges with said first flange is oriented to be at the top of said section. 15. The section of claim 14 in which said cap presents a rounded surface covering said top of said section. 16. The section of claim 14 in which said cap presents a shape pointed at the apex of said cap, said cap covering said top of said section, wherein said shape pointed at the apex of said cap presents at least one flat surface upon which said auxiliary devices may be mounted. 17. The section of claim 13 in which said auxiliary devices are selected from the group consisting essentially of: detectors, alarms, lighting, dye markers, passive deterrents, active deterrents, and combinations thereof. 18. The section of claim 17 in which said detectors operate to detect disturbances consisting essentially of: audio frequencies, video frequencies, visible wavelengths, infrared wavelengths, ultraviolet wavelengths, radio frequencies, pressure, motion, and combinations thereof. 19. The section of claim 17 in which said passive deterrents are selected from the group consisting essentially of wire mesh fencing, barbed wire, razor whip wire, concertina wire, and combinations thereof. 20. The section of claim 17 in which said active deterrents are selected from the group consisting essentially of: sensor-activated chemical sprays, sensor-activated munitions, electrically-charged wires, high-powered electromagnetic devices, and combinations thereof. 21. The section of claim 17 in which said dye markers are selected from the group consisting essentially of: fluorescing stains facilitating unaided visibility at night, fluorescent dyes visible under ultraviolet light, dyes visible by the use of infrared lenses, and combinations thereof. 22. The section of claim 1 in which said first and second structures may comprise sheet pile to which at least one connecting bar holder is added in like manner on each said second side of said first and second structures and parallel to said length of said first and second structures, wherein said receptor incorporates a void, said receptor affixed to said connecting bar holder on each said first and second structures in like manner and located such that the axis through said void is approximately perpendicular to said surface, said ends of said connector inserting into respective said voids of said receptor on each said first and second structures, and wherein said first and second edges of said sheet pile are made suitable, if needed, for joining additional sections by using a wedge to widen said longitudinal flanges of said first and second edges so said longitudinal flanges of said additional sections are interlocked by pulling in a direction generally parallel to said surface. 23. The section of claim 22 in which said connector is fabricated from rebar and said receptor is selected from the group consisting essentially of: a nut, a section of pipe, at least one washer, an eyebolt, and combinations thereof. 24. A barrier comprising at least two sections, each said section comprising: at least one connector having two ends, said connector to be incorporated entirely within the interior of said section of a barrier; a first structure, the first and second sides of which lie approximately in the same plane, said first structure having a length measured along parallel first and second edges, a width measured along parallel third and fourth edges, and a thickness defining a said first side and said second side, said first structure incorporating at least one receptor to which said connector is affixed upon said second side and further incorporating flanges alone at least said first and second edges, said flanges suitable for establishing interconnections to like said first structures so that all said surfaces of said first structures lie approximately in the same plane upon connection one to another said first structure; and a second structure, approximately identical in dimension and construction to said first structure, surfaces of said second structures lying approximately in the same plane upon connection one to another said second structure, said second structure further affixed to said first structure via said at least one said connector inserted into said receptors on said second sides of respective said first and second structures; and at least one connector holder incorporated in each said second side of said first and second structures, each said connector bolder incorporating at least one said receptor, wherein respective said second sides of said first and second structures are faced one toward the other after tipping each said structure upon an established surface on either of said third or fourth edges and affixing each of said two ends of said connector to corresponding said receptors, thus holding apart said first and second structures to form said section, and wherein said sections are attached one to another via interlocking said flanges by overlapping said flanges and pulling in a direction generally parallel to said surfaces of said first and second structures, respectively on each side of said section; and wherein said sections are interconnected to form the length of said barrier. 25. The barrier of claim 24 further comprising in-fill material, wherein said in-fill material is placed in the internal volume created upon fabricating each said section. 26. The barrier of claim 25 in which said in-fill material is selected from the group consisting essentially of: a solidified mixture, concrete, pumicecrete, dirt, stabilized earth, sand, rock, rip-rap, rubble, inorganic material, aqueous solutions, and combinations thereof. 27. The baffler of claim 24 in which at least part of said baffler is disposed below grade. 28. The baffler of claim 27 in which said part disposed below grade is at least 10% of the installed height of said barrier. 29. The barrier of claim 27 further comprising a subterranean structure installed below the lowest point of said barrier, wherein said subterranean structure is configured to deter tunneling under said barrier. 30. The barrier of claim 24 further comprising at least one flange on at least one of said third and fourth edges of each of said structures, said flange oriented approximately parallel to said surface upon installation of said barrier, wherein said flange is adapted to enable said barrier to be stabilized without disposing any part of said sections below said surface.