Multiple direction railroad gate release mechanism

An apparatus for connection to a vertical post at a railroad crossing intersection, comprising:

• a multiple direction railroad gate release mechanism, said gate release mechanism being attached to one end of a railroad crossing arm and supported by a pair of spaced mounting arms attached to a vertical post at a railroad crossing intersection, said gate release mechanism being supported between top and bottom spaced mounting brackets which are in turn supported by said pair of spaced mounting arms, said gate release mechanism comprising:
• a primary pivot arm assembly pivotally connected between said top and bottom mounting brackets;
• and
• a secondary pivot arm assembly being pivotally connected to said primary pivot arm assembly, with one end of said railroad crossing arm fixedly connected to said secondary pivot arm assembly,
• wherein the primary pivot arm assembly is horizontally rotable around a primary pivot pin of the multiple direction railroad gate release mechanism, the primary pivot arm assembly horizontally rotable in a first direction against a first
• spring bias and in a second direction, opposite the second direction, against a second spring bias other than the first spring bias, and
• wherein the secondary pivot arm assembly is horizontally rotable around a secondary pivot pin of the multiple direction railroad gate release mechanism, the secondary pivot arm assembly rotable in the second direction against a third spring bias other than the first spring bias and the second spring bias.

An apparatus for attachment to a support structure for pass and no-pass access across a given passageway, comprising:

• a multiple gate release mechanism attached between one end of a horizontally disposed elongated crossing gate and the support structure, said elongated crossing gate mountable at a predetermined distance above ground level, said apparatus comprising:
• a primary means for returnably rotating a horizontally disposed elongated crossing gate in a down position against a first bias around a pivot in a first direction, and for rotating in a second direction, against a second bias;
• and
• a secondary means for returnably rotating the horizontally disposed elongated crossing gate against a third bias around a further pivot in the second direction, wherein the secondary means is pivotally attached to said primary means and is fixedly attached to said horizontally disposed elongated crossing gate.