Large animal stock
OwnerEugene S. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A large animal stock formed of two spaced side frames transversely connected at the front and rear to form an enclosure. Each side frame features an elevated top member both of which may be transversely connected along the length of the side frame at an elevation high enough not to impede access and egress of the animal to be confined within the stall. One or both side frames includes at least one outwardly pivotal guide bar, designated a gate arm, to help ease the animal into stock from the side. Adjustable bar(s) connected between the side frames may be relocated to diminish the confinement area of the animal for the ease and convenience of the handler. A quick release chain securing mechanism for attaching a chain to the animal's halter is also provided.
Claims30
A portable stock formed from a plurality of components assembled together, which stock comprises:
- (a) a pair of spaced opposed side frames, wherein each side frame comprises spaced front and rear vertical members connected by a horizontal top member, each side frame having at least one intermediate member pivotally attached thereto;
- (b) a pair of top cross members positioned in a spaced relationship and fixedly extending transversely between said side frames, one at a rear end thereof, and one forwardly of a middle of said side frames;
- (c) front and rear bottom cross members transversely connecting said opposed side frames at the bottoms thereof;
- (d) a front crossbar having a collar at one end, slidingly and pivotally mounted along a first of said side frames' intermediate member and removably secured to the second of said side frames' intermediate member;
- (e) rear closure means pivotally mounted to said rear vertical member of one of said side frames;
- all of which taken together define a space for the confinement of an animal;
- wherein at least one of the two side frames includes as its intermediate member, at least one gate arm pivotally mounted at one end and removably securable at the other end, to permit side entry of an animal into the stock.
A portable stock formed from a plurality of components assembled together, which stock comprises:
- (a) a pair of spaced opposed side frames, wherein each side frame comprises spaced front and rear vertical members connected by a horizontal top member and having at least one intermediate member pivotally attached thereto;
- (b) a pair of top cross members positioned in a spaced relationship both of which fixedly extend transversely between said side frames, one at a rear end thereof, and one forwardly of a middle of said side frames;
- (c) front and rear bottom cross members transversely connecting said opposed side frames at the bottoms thereof;
- (d) a rear crossbar slidingly and pivotally mounted along one of said side frames' intermediate member and removably secured to the other of said side frame's intermediate member;
- (e) a bottom member connecting each side frame's vertical front and rear members;
- wherein one of said side frames includes as its intermediate member a pair of pivotally mounted gate arms, an upper gate arm fixedly and pivotally mounted, and a lower gate arm attached thereto removably and pivotally mounted;
- and wherein one of said side frames includes an intermediate fixedly secured connector bar between the respective front and rear vertical members;
- all of which taken together define a space for the confinement of an animal.
A portable stock formed from a plurality of components assembled together, which stock comprises:
- (a) a pair of spaced opposed side frames, wherein each side frame comprises spaced front and rear vertical members connected by a horizontal top member and having at least one intermediate member pivotally attached thereto;
- (b) a pair of top cross members positioned in a spaced relationship and fixedly extending transversely between said side frames, one at a rear end thereof, and one forwardly of a middle of said side frames;
- (c) front and rear bottom cross members transversely connecting said opposed side frames at the bottoms thereof;
- (d) front and rear crossbars, each slidingly and pivotally mounted to one of said side frames' intermediate member and removably securable to the other of said side frame's intermediate member;
- wherein one of said side frames includes as its intermediate member a pair of pivotally mounted gate arms, an upper gate arm fixedly and pivotally mounted, and a lower gate arm removably and pivotally mounted;
- and wherein one of said side frames includes at least one intermediate fixedly secured connector bar between the front and rear vertical members;
- all of which taken together define a space for the confinement of an animal.
A portable stock formed from a plurality of components assembled together, which stock comprises:
- (a) a pair of spaced opposed side frames, wherein each side frame comprises spaced front and rear vertical members connected by a horizontal top member and having at least one intermediate member pivotally attached thereto;
- (b) a pair of top cross members positioned in a spaced relationship and both fixedly extending transversely between said side frames, one at a rear end thereof, and one forwardly of the middle of said side frames;
- (c) front and rear bottom cross members transversely connecting said opposed side frames at the bottoms thereof;
- (d) a rear crossbar slidingly and pivotally mounted to one of said side frames' intermediate member and removably securable to the other of said side frames' intermediate member;
- (e) a front crossbar spaced forward of said rear crossbar and similarly mounted as said rear crossbar;
- (f) bottom frame members connecting each of said side frame's front and rear vertical members at the bottom thereof;
- all of which taken together define a space for the confinement of an animal;
- wherein both of the two side frames includes as its intermediate member, at least one gate arm pivotally mounted at one end and removably securable at the other end, to permit side entry of an animal into the stock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.