Patent ID: 11968957
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  E | IPC A

Claim 1:
2. A chute safety system for selectively enclosing a bovine in a calf shoot by selectively closing a rear gate assembly behind said bovine, wherein:
said chute safety system comprises an entryway at a rear portion, a first side enclosure, a second side enclosure and a front gate assembly at a front portion, a trigger foot plate assembly and said rear gate assembly;
said chute safety system can comprise a bovine enclosure defined by a space between said rear gate assembly, said first side enclosure, said second side enclosure, and said front gate assembly;
said rear gate assembly comprises a rear gate crossbar having a crossbar distal end and a crossbar proximate end, a crossbar hinge and a crossbar rotational axis;
said crossbar proximate end is nearer to said crossbar hinge than said crossbar distal end;
said trigger foot plate assembly comprises a floor portion configured to transition from an untriggered configuration to a triggered configuration as an animal weight force is pressed on said floor portion;
said chute safety system is configured for
receiving said bovine into said bovine enclosure through said entryway,
triggering said trigger foot plate assembly by pressing said floor portion of said trigger foot plate assembly with said animal weight force of said bovine on said floor portion,
releasing said rear gate assembly from an open configuration,
rotating said rear gate crossbar down as said bovine continues onto said floor portion,
dropping said rear gate crossbar down from said open configuration to a closed configuration as said bovine steps on said floor portion, and
releasing said rear gate crossbar from said floor portion to protect said bovine when said bovine is under a portion of said rear gate crossbar.