Cantilevered gate kit
AssigneeAmeristar Perimeter Security USA Inc.
InventorsBenton P. Flusche, Nathan T. Haney
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Abstract
The frame of a cantilevered gate is formed from upper and lower tracks, each of which is formed from a series of track sections. Adjacent track sections are spliced together. At the lower track, two mirror-image lower splicing elements fit over opposite sides of the joined track sections. At the upper track, a single upper splicing element forms an external connection between the track sections, while a splicing block forms an internal connection. Paired upper and lower track sections are joined by upright members. The upright members are seated at opposite ends within a tubular member of a track section. Each tubular member includes an elongate external fin to which pickets are attached.
Claims13
A kit, comprising:
- first and second lower track sections, each lower track section comprising:
- an elongate lower side wall having a body that joins a terminal heel;
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- an elongate splicing element configured to join the first and second lower track sections, the splicing element having a uniform cross-sectional shape along its length and comprising:
- an elongate trough;
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- an elongate base having a longitudinal ridge formed therein, the ridge laterally offset from the trough;
- in which the heel of the side wall of each lower track section is receivable within the trough, and in which the body of the side wall of each lower track section is positionable in face-to-face relationship with the base and in engagement with the ridge.
A kit, comprising:
- first and second lower track sections, each lower track section comprising:
- an elongate first lower side wall having a body that joins a terminal heel;
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- an elongate second lower side wall extending in spaced and parallel relationship to the first lower side wall, the second lower side wall having a body that joins a terminal heel;
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- an elongate first splicing element configured to join the first and second lower track sections, the first splicing element having a uniform cross-sectional shape along its length and comprising:
- an elongate trough;
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- an elongate base having a longitudinal ridge formed therein, the ridge laterally offset from the trough;
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- a second splicing element configured as a mirror image of the first splicing element;
- in which the heel of the first lower side wall of each lower track section is receivable within the trough of the first splicing element, and in which the body of the first lower side wall of each lower track section is positionable in face-to-face relationship with the base and in engagement with the ridge of the first splicing element;
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- in which the heel of the second lower side wall of each lower track section is receivable within the trough of the second splicing element, and in which the body of the second lower side wall of each lower track section is engagable with the ridge of the second splicing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.