Patent ID: 6698964
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A01K,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A connection assembly for constructing animal stalls, said connection assembly comprising:a connection body rigidly constructed with an interior surface, said connection body releasably and variably fixed, at said interior surface, upon an elongate support rail for animal stall dividers by a releasable friction connector that causes said elongate support rail to be drawn towards said interior surface thereby causing frictional fixation between said connection body and said elongate support rail; a first and second releasable connectors formed in said connection body, each of said releasable connectors are releasably fixed and secured to an animal stall divider by a releasable lock mechanism; each of said releasable connectors further comprising first and second side flanges, and a webbing, said first and second side flanges connected together by said webbing, and a portion of said first side flange and a portion of said second side flange projecting away from said webbing thereby forming a receiving area in said connection body between said portions of said first and second side flanges for a portion of the animal stall divider; and at least one of said first and second side flanges flexing toward the other of said side flanges under operation of said at least one releasable lock mechanism thereby reducing a spacing distance between said side flanges for frictionally fixing an animal stall divider in said receiving area.