Movable or removable closures – With means mounting closure for swinging – Compensator for front end weight; e.g. – sag preventer
Patent
1982-06-10
1984-09-04
Downey, Kenneth
Movable or removable closures
With means mounting closure for swinging
Compensator for front end weight; e.g., sag preventer
E05F 706
Patent
active
044688881
ABSTRACT:
A gate assembly including a gate portion, a gate support portion and a gate connecting portion; the gate portion including vertical end braces connecting and being affixed to the ends of horizontal board members and a vertical center brace, diagonal braces extending between the lower ends of the vertical end braces and the upper end of the vertical center brace; the gate support portion including a fixed vertical support column with a generally circular cross section, a rotatable anchor collar disposed adjacent the top of the support column, the collar surrounding the upstanding support column and being spaced therefrom in a generally horizontal plane, bearings disposed between the support column and the collar, U-shaped hinges disposed around the upstanding support column and freely rotatable with respect thereto, the free ends of the hinges extending along and being affixed to opposite ends of the gate portion adjacent one end thereof; the gate connecting portion including a bracket affixed along the length of the gate portion adjacent the vertical center brace thereof, the bracket including parallel strap members with one extending downwardly at an angle along each side of the gate portion and overlapping the center brace, the lower ends of the strap members being secured to each other through one of the diagonal braces of the gate portion and pivotally connected thereto, the upper ends of the strap members extending beyond the gate portion, a hook member disposed between the upper ends of the strap members and pivotally connected thereto, a connector extending between and joining the rotatable anchor collar with the hook member, the connector including a chain section adjacent the hook member.
REFERENCES:
patent: 548720 (1895-10-01), McDaniel
patent: 1303486 (1919-05-01), Locke
patent: 1328168 (1920-01-01), Kroon
patent: 2618876 (1952-11-01), Goode
Harris, deceased Frank E.
Lovejoy, administratix by Beverly I.
Downey Kenneth
Felchle Margarette C.
Harris Kim M.
Lovejoy Beverly I.
Nolan Ruth L.
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