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US 6,067,940 AGranted
Portable corral
AssigneesJerry J. Dunlap, Larry Phillips
InventorTommie J. Holder
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Abstract
A portable corral which is folded into a retracted position behind a towing vehicle for transport from one location to another, and is folded to an expanded, usable configuration for movement along side the path of travel of the towing vehicle to trap cattle or the like who may, for example, be feeding in the path of movement of the corral.
Claims10
A portable corral adapted to be pulled in a retracted position behind a towing vehicle and in an expanded position along a path to one side of the towing vehicle, comprising:
- a first portable side panel having a front end and a rear end;
- a second portable side panel having a front end and a rear end;
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- a truss comprising three members rigidly interconnected in a triangular configuration when viewed in plan having one apex thereof pivotally secured to the towing vehicle and the other apexes thereof pivotally secured to the first and second side panels adjacent the front ends thereof thereby allowing the portable corral to be pulled in the retracted position behind a towing vehicle and in the expanded position along a path to one side of the towing vehicle.
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