US2592225A

US2592225A - Portable cattle guard

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Publication number: US2592225A
Application number: US665852A
Authority: US
Inventors: Orville R Winkler
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1946-04-29
Filing date: 1946-04-29
Publication date: 1952-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 1969-04-08

Description

IN VEN TOR.

O. R. WINKLER PORTABLE CATTLE GUARD 2 SI-IEETS-SHEET l Ozwus Z MAM Ase BY @ZQQQ ATTORNEY 6? in m A April 8, 1952 Filed April 29, 1946 W wmwz April 8, 1 0. R. WINKLER 2,592,225

PORTABLE CATTLE GUARD Filed April 29, 1946 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 OZV/LLE 2 h/wzase INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 8, 1952 UNlTED-f STATES PATENT OFF-ICE f' 1 This invention relates to cattle-guards, or the like, which are portable and capable of being collapsed and its principal object resides in the provision of'a device adapted for installation in fence lines at entrances to fenced areas in which cattle. or other livestock, are impounded and its design is such as to prevent thepassage of livestock through such passage-ways while accommodating vehicular tramc. 7

Anobject ofthe invention is that of providing an inexpensive and simple structure which may be manufactured in uniform designs and structural measurements for economy and that provides a device of the character described suitable for any geographical'area and under variousconditions.

Broadly, the invention seeks to comprehend the provision of a cattle-guard which is sturdy in construction yet wholly collapsible and capable of being readily packaged or stored and which may be assembled by any person of ordinary skill, and dismantled, if desired, for removal to a different location.

While the foregoing objects are paramount, other and lesser objects will become manifest as the description proceeds, taken in connection with the appended drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention showing the same completely assembled and illustrating the manner in which the invention is supported, one of the leg members being shown embedded in a concrete footing illustrated in vertical section.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective illustration of one end of one of the side rails showing the integral tubular socket thereon.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the vertical standards secured at the ends of the invention in the manner shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective View of one of the end members of the frame showing the series of spaced tubular sockets thereon, and

Figure 5 is an end elevational view of the invention shown installed over an excavation or ditch, the surrounding earth being illustrated in section, and illustrating one type of concrete footing in'which the leg members are embedded.

The invention primarily comprises a pair of end members I0 and I 0' which are preferably tubular in section, and which have integral therewith arrangements of tubular sockets II extending from one side thereof and in a horizontal direction, as illustrated in detail in Figure 4. The members I0 and III are opposingly arranged, as illustrated in Figure 1, so that each arrangement Application April 29, 1946, Serial No. 665,852

ZCIaims. (01. 256-14) of sockets i l is directed towardv the other and are thus capable of receiving the ends ofaplurality of spaced tubular rails I2 forming a grill-like structure. between the end members In and I0.

Tubular side rails I3 and I3" are arrangednon each side of the plurality of spaced rails I2 and on each end thereof are arranged integral sockets M and I5 and directed at right angles, as illustrated particularly in Figure 2. The side rails I3 and I3'are supported by a plurality of-standards I6 whose lower ends are preferably, embedded in "concrete footings ll, or the: like, as shownin Figures 1 and 5. The sockets I5 of the rails I--3 provide receptacles for the upper ends of, the standards- It while the ends of the end members It and I0 engage the sockets I4 of the member I3 and I3. In this manner the entire assembly of the tubular rails I2, I3 and I3 is retained in the position illustrated in Figure 1.

Each of the side rails I3 and I3 has dual arrangements of sockets I8 and I9 spaced from its ends in the manner shown in Figure 2. This socket arrangement affords a means whereby auxiliary supports can be provided, as shown in Figure 1, the upper ends of spaced standards 20 being received by the vertical sockets I8 while the laterally directed sockets I9 provide receptacles for the ends of transverse tubular members 2| spaced downwardly from the rails so that the members I2 are supported thereby.

Each of the end members I0 and Ill has an integral socket 22 intermediate its ends which sockets project upwardly and provide receptacles for the lower ends of vertical standards 23, shown in detail in Figure 3, each having

sockets

24 and 25 integral therewith and which are arranged in angular positions and paired. The

socket arrangements

24 and 25 are smaller in diameter than the sockets II and 22 and afford receptacles for the ends of

angular braces

26 and 21 shown in Figures 1 and 5.

The sockets 28 are arranged at each end of each side rail I3 and are integral therewith, as illustrated in Figure 2, and each is adapted to receive the lower end of each of the angular tubular braces 26 when the invention is assembled as in Figure 1. Other sockets 29 are arranged on each side of the socket 22, as shown in Figure 4, and are opposingly and angularly disposed so as to accommodate the lower end of the angular braces 21 which are the shorter of the vertical end assemblies shown in Figures 1 and 5- Each of the sockets may be provided with a set-screw 30, or other device, b which the members inserted therein can be detachably secured In Figure the invention is shown installed over an excavation 3| which may be of any suitable depth and the standards I6 and 20 are provided with ordinary pipe flanges 32 which are supported on concrete footings 33 to afiord suitable rigidity for the device. Obviously, the invention may be employed as a bridge over irrigation ditches, drainage ditches, or the like, providing passage for vehicular traffic while preventinglivestock from crossing. Temporary passages for livestock may be provided, however, by placing suitable materials on the spaced members l2, l3 and I3.

Manifestly, the structure herein shown and described is capable of considerable changes and modifications by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit andyintent of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a cattle guard adapted for installation over an excavation in a fence line, in combination, a pairof spaced tubular end rails, each having a series 01' spaced integral tubular sockets along one side, the said rails being opposingly arranged to align the sets of sockets thereon, a plurality of parallel spaced tubes having their ends arranged in said sockets and supported by said end rails, a tubular support for each end of said end rails, a vertical standard detachably supported in each end rail and extending above said rails and said spaced tubes, and a plurality of angular braces detachably arranged on each side of each of said standards.

2. In a collapsible cattle guard for installation in a fence line. in combination, a pair of spaced tubular end members, each having a series of spaced integral sockets thereon and arranged so that the said sockets on said end members are opposingly aligned, a plurality of spaced parallel tubular members arranged between said end members and detachably supported at the ends in said sockets, a plurality of vertical supports for said end members and said parallel tubular members, a vertical socket formed on each of said end members intermediate its ends, a vertical standard detachably arranged in each of said vertical sockets, a plurality of angular sockets on each end member and spaced from said vertical socket, and angular braces arranged in said sockets and detachably supporting said vertical standards.

ORVILLE R. WINKLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are 01' record in the file of this patent;

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Re.14,247 Skinner Jan. 9, 1917 506,242 Lynch Oct. 10, 1893 981,187 Freeman Jan. 10, 1911 1,191,971 Horton July 25, 1916 1,232,195 Brager July 3, 1917 1,529,460 Bremer Mar. 10, 1925 1,710,854 Allen Apr. 30, 1929 2,401,881 Petsche June 11, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date Australia 1934