Livestock stanchion

A livestock stanchion comprising:

• a plurality of vertical posts fixed between a substantially horizontal base rail and a substantially horizontal slider rail to form an essentially co-planar frame having at least one livestock opening;
• a locking bar resting horizontally in at least two releaseable support yokes mounted to said frame above said slider rail to form a swing space between said locking bar and said slider rail, wherein said support yokes are configured to allow said locking bar to rotate about a longitudinal axis of said locking bar;
• at least one end of said locking bar terminating in a first shoulder and first cheek to form an end lap when coupled to a second locking bar terminating at one end with an opposing second shoulder and opposing second cheek and at least one pin passing through said first and second cheeks;
• at least one restraining stanchion pivotally fixed to said at least one vertical post by at least one stub projecting away from said from said at least one vertical post, wherein said at least one restraining stanchion pivots between an open position, a locked position and a free position in at least one said livestock opening;
• at least one latch pin fixed to an upper region of at least one said restraining stanchion, extending through said swing space normal to said frame and offset to a longitudinal axis of said at least one restraining stanchion, wherein said longitudinal axis of said at least one restraining stanchion is located between said at least one latch pin and said at least one stub;
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• at least one pair of opposing latch dogs pivotally connected to said locking bar to form at least one latching space within said swing space and at least one unlatching space above said locking bar when said at least one pair of opposing latch dogs are in a substantially vertical position.

A livestock stanchion comprising:

• a plurality of forked vertical posts fixed between a substantially horizontal base rail and a substantially horizontal slider rail to form an essentially co-planar frame having at least one livestock opening;
• each of said forked vertical posts further comprise a straight tine and a bent tine wherein furcation of said tines is located at an upper region of a said forked vertical post;
• a locking bar resting horizontally in at least two releaseable support yokes mounted to said frame above said slider rail to form a swing space between said locking bar and said slider rail, wherein said support yokes are configured to allow said locking bar to rotate about a longitudinal axis of said locking bar;
• at least one stub projecting outward from at least one of said vertical posts and coplanar with said frame and above said base rail and is pivotally fixed to at least one offset pivot member extending away from at least one restraining stanchion, wherein said at least one restraining stanchion pivots between an open position, a locked position and a free position in at least one said livestock opening;
• at least one latch pin fixed to an upper region of at least one said restraining stanchion, extending through said swing space normal to said frame and offset to a longitudinal axis of said at least one restraining stanchion, wherein said at least one latch pin and said offset pivot member are opposably positioned across and offset from said longitudinal axis of said at least one restraining stanchion;
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• at least one pair of opposing latch dogs pivotally connected to said locking bar to form at least one latching space within said swing space and at least one unlatching space above said locking bar when said at least one pair of opposing latch dogs are in a substantially vertical position.