High impact resistant barrier/fence

1. A barrier comprising:

a connected pair of upstanding and equidistantly spaced first and second walls which together define a channel having an open bottom and an open top, each said first and second wall including a plurality of upstanding, parallel and spaced beams which receive a plurality of generally rectangularly shaped panels one of said panels being received between each pair of adjacent said upstanding beams of each said wall, said first wall having a bottom edge, a top edge and a pre-determined height, said second wall having a bottom edge, a top edge and a pre-determined height, said upstanding beams of said first wall extending from said bottom edge of said first wall to said top edge of said first wall, said upstanding beams of said second wall extending from said bottom edge of said second wall to said top edge of said second wall and wherein each upstanding beam of said first wall is connected to a corresponding said upstanding beam of said second wall by a plurality of vertically spaced crossbeams, wherein each upstanding beam of said first wall is connected to a corresponding said upstanding beam of said second wall by a bottom crossbeam, wherein all said beams are I-beams having channels and said panels are slidably received in said I-beam channels of said upstanding beams; and,

fill covering the open bottom of said channel defined by said upstanding walls and at least partially filling up said channel, said fill being removably retained within said channel by said panels and said bottom crossbeams, said fill being selected from the group consisting of dirt, rocks and other non-vegetative loose ground material.

2. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 wherein each upstanding beam of said first wall is connected at its bottom edge to a said upstanding beam of said second wall at its bottom edge by said bottom crossbeam.

3. A barrier as claimed in claim 2 wherein said crossbeams comprise a plurality of midsection crossbeams, each of which connects a said upstanding beam of said first wall to a said corresponding upstanding beam of said second wall at pre-determined points on the side of said upstanding beams of said first and second walls vertically spaced from a respective said bottom crossbeam.

4. A barrier as claimed in claim 3 wherein said midsection beams are parallel to said bottom crossbeams.

5. A barrier as claimed in claim 3 wherein said corresponding upstanding beams of said first and second walls, said crossbeam and said midsection beam which are connected to each other comprise a beam section and wherein said beams of said beam section all lie in the same plane.

6. A barrier as claimed in claim 5 wherein a plurality of said beam sections of said barrier are parallel to and equidistantly spaced from each other.

7. A barrier as claimed in claim 5 wherein a plurality of said beam sections of said barrier are aligned with and spaced from each other so that said upstanding beams of said first wall are aligned with each other and so that said upstanding beams of said second wall are aligned with each other and so that said each aligned pair of upstanding beams receives one said generally rectangularly shaped panel.

8. A barrier as claimed in claim 7 wherein said beam sections are prevented from separating from each other by cables which interconnect said beam sections.

9. A barrier as claimed in claim 7 wherein said beam sections are interconnected by cables.

10. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a member selected from the group consisting of barbed wire, razor wire, concertina and spring-loaded flexible panels attached to said top edge of at least one of said first or second walls.

11. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 further comprising tubing placed in said fill to facilitate drainage of said fill.

12. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least one of said walls is inclined so that said walls diverge away from each other as they extend upwardly.

13. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 wherein the predetermined height of said walls is different.

14. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 wherein said panels are mesh panels.

15. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 wherein said panels are made from a material selected from the group consisting of sheet metal, expanded metal, perforated metal and mesh.

16. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a lining for covering a pre-determined section of said panels.

17. A barrier as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a lining extending upwardly along an inner facing surface of each said first and second wall a pre-determined distance so as to help contain said fill.

18. A barrier as claimed in claim 17 wherein said lining is made from a geo-textile material.

19. A barrier comprising:

a connected pair of upstanding and equidistantly spaced first and second walls which together define a channel having an open bottom and an open top, each said first and second wall including a plurality of beam sections comprising a plurality of upstanding, parallel and spaced beams which receive a plurality of generally rectangularly shaped panels, one of said panels being received between each pair of adjacent said upstanding beams of each said wall, said first wall having a bottom edge, a top edge and a pre-determined height, said second wall having a bottom edge, a top edge and a pre-determined height;

each said beam section comprising:

a said upstanding beam of said first wall having a bottom edge;

a said upstanding beam of said second wall having a bottom edge;

a bottom crossbeam connecting said bottom edges of corresponding said upstanding beams of said first and second walls; and

a midsection beam connecting said corresponding upstanding beams of said first and second walls at pre-determined points on the sides of said upstanding beams vertically spaced from said bottom crossbeam and wherein said corresponding upstanding beams of said first and second walls, said bottom crossbeam and said midsection beam all lie in the same plane and wherein all said beams are I-beams having channels and wherein the panels are slidably receivable in said I-beam channels of said upstanding beams; and

fill covering the open bottom of said channel defined by said upstanding walls and at least partially filling up said channel, said fill being removably retained within said channel by said panels and said bottom crossbeams, said fill being selected from the group consisting of dirt, rocks and other non-vegetative loose ground material.

20. A barrier as claimed in claim 19 wherein within each said beam section said midsection beam is parallel to said bottom crossbeam.