Patent ID: 8544149
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gate stabilizing device comprising: a support member; a U-shaped fixed member having a closed end, an open end, a pair of sides, and a pair of opposing latching keyways defined in the open opposing end portions of the U-shaped fixed; and a U-shaped rotating member having a closed end, an open end, and a pair of sides rotationally connected to said U-shaped fixed member wherein a latching bolt, said latching bolt having a shaft sized to pass through said latching slots and said latching keyways and said latching bolt having a length sufficient to simultaneously extend through each of said latching slots; wherein the support member has a first end portion that is generally hemispherical; the U-shaped rotating member rotates in a horizontal plane and the closed end of the U-shape has a diameter that is complementary to the diameter of the generally hemispherical end portion of the support member; and the support member is affixed to a latching post and the U-shaped fixed member is affixed to a gate such that when the gate is in its closed position the closed end of the U-shaped rotating member engages the generally hemispherical end portion of the support member such that the gate stabilizing device bears a portion of the gate's weight.