Patent ID: 6834618
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A gate assembly for an animal passageway, said gate assembly comprising two pivoting barriers and an operator-activated control mechanism;wherein, when in use, the barriers are in close proximity to each other when in a closed position in order to prevent the egress of an animal, and are moveable in opposing directions to each other, in a substantially vertical plane, to be in an open position to allow the egress of an animal; wherein the operation of the gate assembly to the open position is achieved by an operator using the operator-activated control mechanism; wherein at least one barrier is configured so that when in the open position said at least one barrier does not intrude into the passageway and activation of the control mechanism is external to the passageway, and the gate assembly is maintained in the open position until the operator operates the control mechanism to close the gate assembly wherein when the assembly is in the open position one barrier is in an upper position with respect to the other; and wherein a handle of the control mechanism is located in a pit to one side of the gate assembly and the barrier closest to the pit has an outermost top corner shaped in such a way that when in the open position the gate completely clears the passageway.