Portable modular gate or obstruction system and method
AssigneeTymetal Corp.
InventorsBrian E. McCarty, Charles R. Alexander
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Abstract
A portable gate module for selectively opening and closing a path through a secured perimeter can include a base structure, a gate support structure, a gate such as a gate panel structure with chain link or other fill structure, a power source, and a drive structure. The base structure can be configured to be removably positionable in the secured perimeter adjacent the path. The gate module can be configured as a pre-cast unit that can be quickly and easily placed into location at a remote or unimproved location such that a gate system can be quickly effected with minimal effort or expertise at the installation location.
Claims21
A portable gate module for selectively opening and closing a path, the portable gate module comprising:
- a base structure configured to be removably positionable adjacent the path, the base structure having a first end configured to lie adjacent the path when the portable gate module is positioned adjacent the path, and the base structure having a second end spaced from the first end and configured to be spaced from the path when the portable gate module is positioned adjacent the path;
- a gate support structure secured to the base structure;
- a gate panel structure including a frame, the gate panel structure cantilevered to the gate support structure and movable between an opened position where the gate panel structure is configured to open the path when the portable gate module is positioned adjacent the path and a closed position where the gate is configured to close the path when the portable gate module is positioned adjacent the path;
- a power source located on the base structure;
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- a drive structure connected to the power source and coupled to the gate panel structure to displace the gate panel structure between the opened positioned and the closed position.
A portable obstruction module for selectively opening and closing a path, the portable obstruction module comprising:
- base structure made from a precast composition of material and configured to be removably positioned adjacent the path, the base structure having a width extending in a direction away from the path when the base structure is positioned adjacent the path, the base structure having a length extending in a direction substantially perpendicular with respect to the width, and the base structure including a height extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to both the width and length, the width being greater than the length, and the length being greater than the height;
- a support structure attached to the base structure;
- an obstruction structure mounted on the support structure and one of moveable and rotatable with respect to the support structure;
- a power source located on the base structure;
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- a drive structure connected to the power source and coupled to the obstruction structure to displace the obstruction structure between an opened position where the obstruction structure is configured to open the path when the portable obstruction module is positioned adjacent the path and a closed position where the obstruction structure is configured to close the path when the portable gate module is positioned adjacent the path.
A method for selectively opening and closing access to a path comprising:
- providing a portable gate module including,
- a base structure,
- a gate support structure secured to the base structure,
- a gate panel structure having a frame cantilevered to the gate support structure and movable between an opened position and a closed position,
- a power source secured to the base structure, and
- a drive structure connected to the power source and coupled to the gate panel structure to displace the gate panel structure between the opened positioned and the closed position;
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- moving the base structure and gate panel structure in unison and as a single unit to a location adjacent the path such that the gate panel structure is configured to cross the path when in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.