Impactable gate systems and apparatus
AssigneeRite-Hite Holding Corporation
InventorsNicholas John Casey, Jason T. Dondlinger, Tony W. Duesing, Joseph D. Korman, Michael John Sahm
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Abstract
Example impactable gate systems disclosed herein include a track to be coupled to a base post, a drive strip slidable along the track, a rail including a tube, the rail to move with the drive strip relative to the track between an opened position and a closed position, and a bracket to be disposed within the track, the bracket to couple the rail to the drive strip, the bracket to be disposed within the base post when the rail is in the closed position.
Claims22
An impactable gate system comprising:
- a first track to be coupled to a base post, the first track defining a first channel;
- a second track within the first track, the second track defining a second channel;
- a drive strip slidable along the first track;
- a rail including a tube, the rail to move with the drive strip relative to the first track between an opened position and a closed position;
- a bracket to be within the first track, the bracket to couple the rail to the drive strip, the bracket to be disposed within the base post when the rail is in the closed position;
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- a trolley to be within the second channel, the trolley to be coupled to the bracket with a spring-loaded fastener, the spring-loaded fastener to urge the bracket away from the base post.
An apparatus comprising:
- a rail to extend between a first track and a second track, movement of the rail between an open position and a closed position to be guided by the first and second tracks;
- a base post to support the first track;
- a bracket to be coupled to an end of the rail, the bracket to be within the base post when the rail is in the closed position, the bracket to remain spaced apart from the first track when the rail moves between the open position and the closed position, the bracket to be urged toward the base post in response to an impact with the rail;
- a drive strip to move along the first track, the rail to be coupled to the drive strip, the drive strip including protrusions to retain the drive strip within a first channel of the first track, the bracket to be retained within a second channel of the first track and external to the first channel of the first track;
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- a trolley to be within the first channel of the first track, the trolley to be coupled to the bracket with a spring-loaded fastener to urge the bracket away from the base post.
An impactable gate system comprising:
- a base post;
- a first track to extend from the base post;
- a second track within the first track;
- a bracket to be slidably coupled to and within the first track, the bracket to be external to the second track;
- a rail to be rotatably coupled to and slidable with the bracket along the first track, the rail to move between an open position and a closed position, the bracket to be within the base post when the rail is in the closed position, the bracket to be urged toward the base post when the rail rotates with respect to the bracket;
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- a trolley to be coupled to the bracket, the trolley to be within the second track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.