Knock-down cattle guard
OwnerWilliam C. Heldenbrandinventor
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Abstract
An elongated structure is provided including a pair of opposite end transverse end members and a plurality of laterally spaced apart and longitudinally extending bar members extending between and supported atop corresponding longitudinally spaced portions of the transverse end members. Mid-length portions of the transverse end members include upwardly and outwardly inclined shank portions over which the lower ends of upwardly and outwardly inclined bridging members are telescopingly engaged and each bridging member includes a pair of upwardly convergent bracing members whose upper ends are secured to the bridging members and whose lower ends are anchored relative to the opposite ends of the corresponding transverse member.
Claims10
A knock-down elongated cattle guard for lengthwise extension between spaced fence line posts, said cattle guard including a pair of elongated laterally spaced transverse opposite end members including upwardly divergent mid-length shank portions, a pair of upwardly divergent opposite end cattle guard-to-guard post bridging members having lower ends telescopingly engaged over said shank portions and upper ends adapted to at least closely oppose mid-height portions of the opposing faces of said fence line posts, a pair of inclined brace members carried by each end of said cattle guard and including lower ends supported from the opposite end portions of the corresponding opposite end members and upper ends anchored relative to the upper end of the corresponding bridging member, a plurality of elongated, laterally spaced apart and longitudinally extending tubular bar members extending between and having opposite ends supported atop corresponding longitudinally spaced portions of said opposite end transverse members at points spaced longitudinally therealong, said longitudinally spaced portions of said opposite end members including upwardly projecting bendable studs supported therefrom, said bar members including opposite end upstanding passages formed therethrough upwardly through and above which said studs project.
A knock-down elongated cattle guard for lengthwise extension between spaced fence line posts, said cattle guard including a pair of elongated laterally spaced transverse opposite end members including upwardly divergent mid-length shank portions, a pair of upwardly divergent opposite end cattle guard-to-guard post bridging members having lower ends telescopingly engaged over said shank portions and upper ends adapted to at least closely oppose mid-height portions of the opposing faces of said fence line posts, a pair of inclined brace members carried by each end of said cattle guard and including lower ends supported from the opposite end portions of the corresponding opposite end members and upper ends anchored relative to the upper end of the corresponding bridging member, a plurality of elongated, laterally spaced apart and longitudinally extending tubular bar members extending between and having opposite ends supported atop corresponding longitudinally spaced portions of said opposite end transverse members at points spaced longitudinally therealong, each of the bar members extending between the opposite ends of said transverse members having upwardly opening opposite end inclined bores formed therein, each pair of bores being upwardly convergent and inclined upwardly and outwardly of the side of the corresponding end member remote from the other end member, the lower ends of said inclined brace members being received in said inclined bores.
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