Push-over gate

• US 3,089,267 A
• Filed: 05/26/1961
• Issued: 05/14/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lawrence T. Wooden
• Original Assignee: Lawrence T. Wooden
• Inventors: Wooden, Lawrence T.
• Application Number:
  US04/113,012
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• US Class Current: 49/131
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 11/02 Gates; Doors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 11/027 where the gate rotates around a horizontal axis parallel to the plane of the gate

Claims

1. A PUSH-OVER GATE COMPRISING:

(A) A PAIR OF STANDARD ASSEMBLIES;

(B) AXIALLY-ALIGNED BEARING MEANS ON EACH OF THE STANDARD ASSEMBLIES;

(C) A GATE HAVING A TRUNNION MOUNTING IN THE BEARINGS;

(D) A LEVER PIVOTED TO ONE OF THE STANDARD ASSEMBLIES;

(E) A SLIDING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LEVER AND THE GATE AT A LOCATION SPACED FROM THE AXIS OF THE TRUNNION MOUNTING;

(F) A TENSION SPRING ANCHORED AT ONE END ON SAID ONE OF THE STANDARD ASSEMBLIES, AND CONNECTED TO THE LEVER;

AND (G) A CLOSURE CHECK INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE GATE AND ONE OF THE STANDARD ASSEMBLIES OPPOSING UPWARD SWING OF THE GATE.