Patent ID: 6619602
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: E05C,E06B

Abstract:
A gate support system for use in combination with the free end of a swinging gate, the system comprising:(a) an elongated support member comprising an elongated tube; (b) a foot member carried by said support member and being vertically moveable relative to said support member between a normally raised position and a lowered position; wherein said foot member includes an elongated rod which is telescopically received in said elongated tube; (c) first bias means for biasing said foot member to said normally raised position; and (d) lock means for locking said foot member in a desired vertical position relative to said support member; wherein said lock means comprises (i) a ring member carried by said elongated tube and being moveable between a raised position and a lowered position, wherein when said ring member is in said raised position it engages said elongated rod, and when said ring member is in said lowered position it disengages said elongated rod; and (ii) a second bia means being spring member for biasing said ring member to said raised position.